Why do people get married?

Question

Two people already know that they love each other, so why do they need to get married?

Answer 1

Getting married is a way of making a public commitment. It binds two people together legally (and morally, if there is a religious ceremony) and insures a secure commitment towards any children they may have in the future. Marriage is, or should be, a serious step in a relationship. The vows "for better or worse" mean you are not just staying together while you feel like it but through whatever good times or difficulties lay ahead. You are becoming a family, related to each other, bonded to each other. It is certainly not just a piece of paper.

Answer 2

It's a connection and a bond that some ppl feel the need to have. Also, if a man/woman is looking a someone and is wondering if they are taken, they can look for a wedding band.
Not all ppl get married either. A good family friend and his girlfriend (who is also a friend) aren't marriend and have been together for, OMG, 4 or 5 years. They just don't feel the need like you suggested in your question.

Like I said, some ppl want to know that their is a solid bond, more than love, that is connecting them.

Religious ppl do get married because of their religion says they should.

Answer 3

It's a finality thing, like why we have funerals. You already know a person's dead, but once you've had a funeral it makes it real. You already know you're gonna spend the rest of your life with someone, but you can never REALLY know that the other person REALLY wants to, beyond the COMPLETE shadow of a doubt, unless it's in writing. See, I don't mean you don't trust the other person- I just mean that once a question about something you believe is brought up, you start to wonder, no matter how much you believe it. If you can prove you're right, those questions never come up! So if you're married, you and everyone around you knows that the two of you are serious.

Also it simples things up, like taxes and insurance. If you live with someone for five years and then they get critically injured in a car accident, you can't get any life insurance, even though you took care of them in their final days.

Answer 4

They get married for society, for their parents, for their friends an family.

They get married to show each other that they want to spend the rest of their lives together. Some people don't feel that need.

But basically, in my opinion, getting married is a way to show: This is not a long-term relationship, I believe this is for the rest of my life, and I will do what I can to show it to you and everybody else.

Of course, the whole idea of divorce and the way it's become common is just banalizing the whole institution. Marriage has become a paper you sign and can discard later. I think it's a shame.

Answer 5

Why not?

Seriously, if you know you love each other and want to be with each other for a long long time, why not make it official, especially if there's nothing stopping you from a legal or financial standpoint? The only reason I can think of is if you want to keep your options open because you might break up in the future. Which leads me to....

Should you decide to split in the future, being married offers some protection for each partner in terms of dividing the joint assets (this varies by state). Not to mention if you have kids, you have legal recourse to make sure that each of you is contributing to the well-being of those kids and their financial upkeep.

Don't mean to sound negative, but it is something to consider.

Not to mention, married people get all sorts of tax breaks and cheaper car insurance, etc.

Answer 6

There are legal and tax benefits. For example, if one of you is seriously hurt, the other can tell the hospital what your wishes are, this is very useful if your family would not do what you want in that scenario.

Also, if you break up, you have legal recourse to half of your shared assets (house, etc.) which you wouldn't in an ordinary break-up.

And another big reason (less practical minded!) is that it helps people take your relationship seriously. The family endorses the partnership, and that can be a big deal to the couple, but of course it depends on the person and how they feel.

BTW, I have never wanted to marry, but in choosing so, I have given a lot of thought to the issue...mostly from being puzzled as to why my friends keep doing it.

Answer 7

I used to be engaged while I used to be 24 and married while I used to be 26 Our marriage ceremony colours had been a faded peach and chocolate brown We each and every had our brothers as witnesses (two whole), it used to be an excessively small marriage ceremony (14 humans had been there adding us and our reverend) Our reception used to be held a month after our marriage ceremony, and we didn't have assigned seating, so much humans did not sit down, it used to be a cocktail occasion We had a small chocolate cake after which a type of muffins for humans to select, I feel there have been five unique offerings We went to Maui for 2 weeks We bought married in Gleneden Beach, OR, a tiny the city at the coast, simply external of Lincoln City

Answer 8

because it is the ultimate way of saying truly love you and and I am totally committed to you no matter what I think it is cop out for people to say that the paper does not mean anything it does and if you don't want to be married then just say that but don't say that too just love each other with out ever taking a vow is enough because it is not and if you are with someone who wants to be married and you don't want to then do them a favor and get gone give them the opportunity to experience what a committed relationship feels like !

Answer 9

Some people feel the need to because, in their own minds, it makes the other person legally theirs and off limits to others. But, all marriage really is to some is job security for lawyers. It takes a lot to make a marriage work. I wouldn't advise it unless BOTH are willing to work at it. Just because 2 people are in love doesn't mean that marriage is always the answer.

Answer 10

Normally, people get married, because they make a promise to each other under God (vows) for better or for worth and they want to have a solid relationship and most likely want to have babies and raise a family. They are wearing a wedding band showing other people that they are not available. These people are comitted to each other no matter what.