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Whats The Point Of Marriage?
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Is there really a point to it other than religious?
Or is it a legal issue?
Just never understood the idea of marriage.
Don't mean to be divisive or anything, just don't understand the idea of wanting to be 'tied' to anyone (in either the legal or religious sense).
Surely if you love someone, then everything else is superfluous. Binding, legal or religious contracts mean nothing?
I was with my last partner for 8 yrs. I thank God that I wasn't married to her after we broke up...otherwise I would have been stuffed.
No bitterness at all now, but if we had been married then it might of been a different story. Just wondering about how others here view marriage.
Id also like to get a 50/50 breakdown of how males/females view things.
Thanks ;-)
Is there really a point to it other than religious?
Or is it a legal issue?
Just never understood the idea of marriage.
Don't mean to be divisive or anything, just don't understand the idea of wanting to be 'tied' to anyone (in either the legal or religious sense).
Surely if you love someone, then everything else is superfluous. Binding, legal or religious contracts mean nothing?
I was with my last partner for 8 yrs. I thank God that I wasn't married to her after we broke up...otherwise I would have been stuffed.
No bitterness at all now, but if we had been married then it might of been a different story. Just wondering about how others here view marriage.
Id also like to get a 50/50 breakdown of how males/females view things.
Thanks ;-)
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Andres, I really don't think marriage in itself does provide stability. The relationship either does that or it doesn't. I can think of married people who row furiously constantly, or are together for years, purely out of apathy or fear of being alone. That is not healthy and a marriage certificate won't change it.
This is quite an interesting development - a chance to convert.
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//NJ, I suspect that the rules need to be looked at again about inheritance then, rather than expecting people to get married in order to receive money.//
People are not expected to get married to get money. They can stay single. But marriage is a legal concept that bestows certain rights and privileges on those who take part. If you don’t want those rights and privileges, don’t take part. It’s rather like wanting to use the facilities of a club if you’re not a member and complaining that you face discrimination if you are shut out. Yes, a will is the ideal way to deal with inheritance but huge numbers of people, especially younger ones, die intestate. The rules of intestacy are designed to cope with those circumstances and they cannot readily be adapted to cope with unmarried partners. DNA testing, as suggested, is only a solution if there are children of the partnership. Life is not the Jeremy Kyle show.
By all means couples should remain unwed if that is their choice. But they should understand that it may present them with certain difficulties and they cannot expect those difficulties to be overcome by government when there is a readily available solution.
People are not expected to get married to get money. They can stay single. But marriage is a legal concept that bestows certain rights and privileges on those who take part. If you don’t want those rights and privileges, don’t take part. It’s rather like wanting to use the facilities of a club if you’re not a member and complaining that you face discrimination if you are shut out. Yes, a will is the ideal way to deal with inheritance but huge numbers of people, especially younger ones, die intestate. The rules of intestacy are designed to cope with those circumstances and they cannot readily be adapted to cope with unmarried partners. DNA testing, as suggested, is only a solution if there are children of the partnership. Life is not the Jeremy Kyle show.
By all means couples should remain unwed if that is their choice. But they should understand that it may present them with certain difficulties and they cannot expect those difficulties to be overcome by government when there is a readily available solution.
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