2006-07-23 03:50:37 · 28 answers · asked by ? 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yes
2006-07-23 15:21:29 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't believe so. I think if two people truly love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives happily together, they don't need a certificate from the State to validate that.
There is also something called "Common Law Marriage" that is still recognized by certain states (not all) that says if you've lived with someone for seven years, you can legally claim yourself as married anyway (certain provisions apply, such as publically telling people you are married and filing as married on your W-4). Seven years should be long enough to know if your relationship is working, so why get married officially when you can just wait it out seven years and earn the title for free?
Mostly, I believe that if two people truly love each other and want to be married, then they will be in the eyes of God. The State means nothing...it only offers a paper certificate that the marriage exists. But a true marriage exists only in the hearts of the two people involved.
2006-07-23 07:56:23 · answer #2 · answered by Luna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is from the standpoint that if something happens and your partner dies you get their insurance, pension, social security etc... where you don't usually if unmarried. I am married but often think it's just a piece of paper. An ongoing joke in my house is "I can do that cause I have a piece of paper that says I can!" I have some friends that never married and have kids together (15 year relationship), and others that after that time split up and it's just as nasty as a divorce but harder in a way cause they don't have the courts to help them divide the stuff and say who gets the kids, etc... It's also a mental thing- is it important to you or your significant other?
2006-07-23 03:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by banshee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay single, It makes the other stay a little more respectful of your rights. Married and you have no rights. Best to live together marriage is out. It was just something a man thought up to get money out of you anyway.Pay me this fee so you can get married and then pay this and you forgot to pay the flower girls mom for the new dress she is wearing and on an on.. waste waste waste.
Do not marry because it really is not worth it. I have been married 4 times and it is a bitter fight in the end. It will cost you lots and lots of money to get out of that. Your 401K or your homes you owned before you got married are now half hers. She can fight you in court to get them and if you have more then one like I had 3 she will get one of them.Most likely the one you are living in. And the minute you get that piece of paper they act like they own you.
Kids always go to the mother so that is not a big deal. If you want them you have to go to court. If she wants child support being never married she has to take you to court.
The home when unmarried should be bought in one name and should be in the name of the person putting up the money for the down payment. If both are on the paper work it is still not a big deal when you split up the house is sold and each gets half.
Checking accounts should never be mixed. This allows someone else to do what ever they like with your money. They can (this happened to me) take all the money out of the account and open an account in their own name only. You just lost all your lifes savings. It is hers now. Been there done that and will never happen to me again.
Credit cards should never be in both names married or not. When your marrage splits up and you have never charged anything on a credit card you You still owe that bill. If you was not married and your name is not on that card account you owe nothing. And if she runs up your cards you can have her jailed.
2006-07-23 04:17:19 · answer #4 · answered by Don K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
un and unevolved society. Marriage is a legal contract proving you once loved somebody. It is no longer a religous ceremony, but instead is on par with proving you filled out the right requisition form for your tax break. WOW! I sounded really bitter huh. Gosh. I should probably ask my wife why. She does the thinking. ooooo...that thought hurt..not ever doing that again.
2006-07-23 03:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it depends if u want to have kids and watch them have kids then ur best bet would be to get married, but if u dont want kids then u dont have to get married. but marriage isnt really necessary, it all depends on the type of person u are
2006-07-23 03:53:33 · answer #6 · answered by the_cute_princess12 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-07-23 03:54:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Many people live their lives happily single...1/2 of all marriages end in divorce anyways...
2006-07-23 03:53:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
marriage is beautiful and become necessary if:you have alot of money,you full in love with the person you want to marry and if you are sure that he/she love you too..believe me am married and wish if am not because i dont have anyhting from what i said..
2006-07-23 04:19:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2006-07-23 03:52:10 · answer #10 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but keep in mind if you split up it can be nearly as bad as going through a divorce if you have a house together or any other bills that are in both of your names.
2006-07-23 03:54:31 · answer #11 · answered by Kim H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋