Do you think that the man and the woman who are getting married have to be from almost the same social class?

Answer 1

No, but often times they have more in common if they come from the same type of background.

Answer 2

It helps. Studies have proven marriages are more sucessful if the partners come from the same social, religious & economic backgrounds. The more factors they have in common, the more likely the marriage will last. This is because people naturally like to be accepted as is & do things the way they are used to without having to think much about it. If you have to stop & wonder all the time about things such as "Will my Jewish husband be upset if I put up a Christmas tree?", life gets more complicated. Plus, if family & friends are not comfortable or straight out upset with you for marrying a foreigner or someone of another race, you may have to limit your conversation subjects with them, or you may even have to end contact entirely. All these factors will cause stress on a marriage. It CAN be done, but both partners must be willing to deal with the flack they will get & be strong. You can't change how others treat you, you can only change how you deal with it.

Answer 3

mabie. I mean, they dont HAVE to be if you really truely love each other, but for the most part, the way the divorce rate is now, mabie so.. My husband and i are like night and day. Im loud and i curse. hes soft spoken and proper. I come from a huge italian family. he comes from a family where theres 3 people and is irish. We dont get along. But we love each other a lot. i dont know if we'll make it or not. Only timw will tell. but in order to expect the same things, you have to have the same social class. So its not like, hes partying and youre home or Vice versa. I mean, if you both are partyiers then you bith are always out and noone takes care of anything, so sometimes its good. you asked a question that has different sides. Its an age old question.

Answer 4

If a man wants to be happy, he will marry a plain jane from a social class slightly beneath him. High maintenance b*tches need men with money and should not marry a man who cannot afford their taste as she will make him miserable by nagging at him all the time. A spoiled girl is highly unappreciative and very hard to please. A very attractive girl usually lacks personality and character. A very attractive man is usually gay. And a poor man who hooks up with a more wealthy lady is usually a wimpy slacker.
This has been my observations.

Answer 5

Some people will tell you that love is all that is needed for a marriage, and that nothing else matters. While I do believe that any two people that love each other can make a marriage work, I don't believe most people are willing to work that hard. Marriage is hard even if your mate shares your beliefs, values, and background. The more problems you add, the harder it gets.

Answer 6

If they are, it increases the likelyhood that they're "equally yolked," which is terribly important. I married a bit of a "white trash" woman and found that teaching that pig to sing was pointless and it annoyed the pig.
But, people of different social classes can work fine if they are at their core similar.

Answer 7

Absolutely not. Ever hear of "Cinderella?" True love is true love. Those who make nasty remarks about "social class" are not, or should not, be friends. A friend would support no matter what, as should the family (which is where most problems come from btw).

Answer 8

Not necessarily, but it generally is helpful if they have the same religious beliefs, political leanings, philosophies on children and child raising, etc.

Beyond the large philosophical issues, it can be pretty exciting if you don't have much else in common. My wife and I are very different people, but we agree (more or less) on the above issues.

Answer 9

Yes, You wouldn't want to take a hippie home to Mother, would you - unless you too are a hippie.

If you were a hippie, you wouldn't want to take Prince Charles home to Mother, and he wouldn't want to go, either!

Just trouble trouble trouble! It is hard enough to keep a marriage intact without being from different backgrounds.

Answer 10

No - it's not necessary. You get married because of love. Love is unconditional and blind......therefore, social class has nothing to do with it.