Why Do People Get Married?

I need to know. Thanks.

 

Love

 

why do you think you need to know? maybe you don't need to know

 

Most people? Societal expectations and fear of being alone

Some people? Love

 

Because I found the one person that I don't want to live without. Thought I should make it official and harder for him to get away

 

Yep, this.

 

Pretty much.

My dad always said "When you find your best friend in the whole world, marry her!" I did.

 

Whilst gay marriage is allowed here, I do not plan on marrying him.

 

Haha

That's exactly why I'm going to get knocked up by mine. Tie him down. HAHA jk jk jk.


I want to get married because I looooove my fiancé dearly. I am also a Christian, and believe this is the highest form of commitment we can make to one another before God. I literally want to devote my life to my husband and I will do this through my religious faith and beliefs.

He is literally the best person I've ever met in my entire life, sweetest, helps me grow, and truly my best friend.

I also want to be legally recognized as a member of his family.

 

Religion played no part in me choosing to get married.

Mine was purely making it legally harder for him to run j/k. He was obviously a willing participant and he's stuck around for a pretty long time so far. He even claims to still like me. I don't think he's going anywhere anytime soon.

 

i appreciate your thought-provoking response. i feel that i need a variety of opinions because this issue has been on my mind and i feel conflicted about what the answer is. i have a lesbian friend who married a guy for social-acceptance and so he can pay the bills. my mother won't marry my fake stepfather because she has more money and her will has already been drawn up and he's not in it. my sister-in-law claims she married my brother for love but me and my mother believe she married him because her friends were all married and she was getting old. i believe hipforumers can provide interesting additional insight.

 

Humans are such backward beings. It's time for humanity to grow up and realise things that are really important.

 

Well...people get married for a lot of reasons. I wasn't planning on getting married again but I did. Maybe I'll post the story sometime. It's kind of cool.

 

because it makes the car insurance cheaper

 

You're lucky, my fiance's family is full of assholes. My getting married to him is to be legally recognized as his wife and that's it. I almost don't want to take his name just because of what I associate it with.

 

You don't really have to change your name, do you?

 

I didn't get legally married, we just had a wedding ceremony without the paperwork. We pretty much just did it so our families would "officially" see our relationship in the same light we've seen our own relationship for some time. It was an opportunity to have a party to announce we have every intention of being together as long as we both are alive. And it was totally cliche and the happiest night of my life.

 

oh sweetie my fiancés has plenty of assholes and most the herd is black sheep. i guess if we lived in his hometown i would feel the same way you do. his brother was arrested for something pretty shameful.

i guess being a part of his family means I'm closer to him..maybe thats why i feel this way..

 

But You Promised To Love And Obey, From This Day Foward, For Better

Or Worse, For Richer Or Poorer, From This Day On......:love:........

AND NOW YOU CHOOSE AN INTERNET FORUM TO TELL ME I HAVE

BEEN PUT OUT WITH THE TRASH....

Ya Heartless Bastard, I Never Loved You Anyway...:toetap05:



Sneers Glen.

 

No, of course I don't have to. I would've liked to but now I'm kind of changing my mind. Maybe I'll hyphenate my name and his so I still have some of my identity.

Well that's great for you. It's just in my case, he's not very close with his family. They constantly misunderstand him and I and we always feel the need to defend ourselves against their judgement every step of the way. So I don't feel that marriage means I'm closer to him because I'm already as close as I can get. It's an emotional commitment more than becoming part of the family.