What is so good about marriage?

Question

What benefit does a guy get from getting married that he can't get from cohabitating besides just more responsibility and obligations? Is there any real reason for a man to get married anymore?

Answer 1

you don't get more responsibilities and obligations, you get someone who loves you unconditionally, who will be there for you supporting you in every aspect of life. Someone who you can build memories with and someone special enough that wants to take your last name.
Marriage is something that is special that way too many people take for granted now. and if that is how you really feel about getting married then I really hope that you never do it.

Answer 2

It's really just a title now a days and to make our parents and grandparent shut-up about how its wrong to cohabite with your partner if you're not married. Usually people get married to bring their lives together and get lots of gifts @ the wedding. Well I'd rather save my $ and move in with the person i care for and have a really nice house and all the trimmings. Marriage is a title and a piece of paper (and for some, a guaranteed piece every night. . . ha ha that's what you think!)
Cohabitation with your partner is almost the same thing. You are bringing two lives together and living within each-others world and all the same responsibilities and obligations are the same as well. Although depending upon who you are; marriage can help a couple sit and solve their disagreements then just throwing in their towel when they have had enough. If you love her and you are traditional and want her to be with you and you want to be with each other and take care of each other then ask her to marry you. But if you don't feel comfortable with marriage and think its a waste of time and money i would say just ask her to move in with you and see how it is from there.

Answer 3

I can't find any good reason for a woman or a man to get married. I am 33 I have been asked to be married 4 times and every time I say no why fix something that is not broke. I would of had 4 divorces by now and that costs a lot of money. wow I could be RICH also. You can enjoy life with someone without a piece of paper telling you that you have to be with this person for the rest of your life or he or she will take 1/2 of everything and put you through hell. Everyone I know that spends a lot of money on a wedding and was so happy they are all divorced. Go on line and look up how many marriages last over 7 years not very many

Answer 4

The tax benefits are awesome. Plus, nowadays women are becoming increasingly selective and careful about getting married because as time goes on, they make more and more money. The 50% asset split goes both ways in a divorce - if your cohabiter were to suddenly become very rich, they have no responsibility or obligations to you.

With increasing salaries, day-care centers, sperm donors, male prostitutes, men willing to cohabitate, etc. - Is there any real reason for a woman to get married anymore?

Answer 5

What is good abput it is that you honor your girl by making her your spouse. That is honor, commitment and love. There is no bigger demostration of love that to be a man and make your special someone a bride. Is romantic and is beautiful, is waking up in the morning with the person of your dreams and knowing that tomorrow they will be there and that there will be noone else. It's conforting to know that there is commitiment and the legal security that comes with it.
If you are just cohabitating then there will always be that sore subject of "why doesn't he want to marry me" and either of you can stray without seeing consecuences and therefore getting hurt. You will always rub in each other faces that "you are not my spouse" and some feelings will be hurt. You will always think that your mate will marry someone else other than you so you cannot enjoy your "no strings attached" relationship.

Whne you meet the one you will no be hesitant or afraid to get married. While getting married doesn;t give you guarantee to be happy, cohabitating with some one doesn'r do it either.

Answer 6

i still believe in it. i think it's something to be taken seriously, however. not something people do over the weekend and then annull later when they realize they were drunk, stupid, etc. i'd love to find a real man who would want to get married, have kids, and all that good stuff, but then again, i can be perfectly happy cohabitating with the man as well, just like goldie hawn & kurt russell have done for so many years now!

i think that marriage has been so "celebritized" and has lessened in it's true meaning. if you love someone, you should WANT to show them you love them enough to commit to them for the rest of your lives.

but, most guys think all women are out to take half of what they own and make if it doesn't work out. you can thank lawyers for that! guys think marriage is a trap anymore.

but, that's just my opinion. hope everything works out for you!

Answer 7

Depends, some men like having companionship, a wife to laugh and talk to them about anything and everything, responsibility of taking care of another person and bringing a life into the world.

And some enjoy the single life, getting drunk on weekends with friends, freedom to go anywhere they want, no screaming babies and an empty house at the end of the day.

Which one would you prefer? I know there is more to marriage but if you don't like any aspect of it then I wouldn't need to continue.

Answer 8

Marriage is more than a "piece of paper", it is the difference between fathering a family of children who will be your heirs and descendants, and producing a litter of bastards who will have no more than a chromosome or two in common with you.
Marriage is about commitment. It is a public contract, between a man and a woman, to work together and share what they make and have, It is not for the benefits of the participants (who can be just as happy in more informal relationships), it is for the benefit of the couple's children.
Yes, with marriage come a lot of responsibilities and obligations. Failing to meet those obligations is a breach of contract.

Answer 9

Maybe your right, for most people that's what it seems to be, but for me marriage was the one step that let my man know that no matter what I will love him and be there for him. There is no walking away from our relationship now for me. I will cherish him for the rest of my life, even if we are not together. Marriage is not for what you can get out of each other, but what you want to give to the other person. I think you should think very carefully before you decide to marry anyone, it truly is a commitment for the rest of your life.

Answer 10

Good about marriage? Don't know what is good about it but I can tell you what's bad about it. Marriage will take a perfectly good relationship and completely fuc& it up. Women change when they get married, they stop trying. They don't have to try to keep you happy anymore because you're now married. If you don't like it then they'll take half your sh!t, plus the house and your car.

Answer 11

depends on the guy. My man and I have been married for nine years. We love it. I know he does, he tells me all the time. Even guys have the feeling of belonging to someone, to share everything. He tells me "if we weren't married I would be a bum and live by the river". I don't quite believe that ,but it makes me feel good. : ) Plus he gets sex regularly and it is safe, nothing to worry about. It takes too much time and energy to be single, and have to hunt around for "the right one" .