why get married?

Question

why get married if you already live together?

Answer 1

To make a public statement of your commitment to each other.

To ensure that you are treated as next of kin if your partner has a problem or goes into hospital.

To ensure your property rights are protected.

To provide a stable family unit for any future children.

And to have a great day with all your friends and family, with you as the centre of attention!

Answer 2

I am living with my partner and have been for over 2 years, we are getting married next year, I want to get married for security, people who are living together don`t have as many rights as a married couple.

Answer 3

I have been with my partner for 10 years and have no intention of getting married.Our children all have his surname and we have always said if we had the money to spend on a wedding we would rather spend it on a holiday for the family.Let's face it,when you see how much some people spend we could have one bloody good holiday on that.I cannot for the life of me understand in this day and age why people want to get married,it's not as if signing a piece of paper suddenly turns your partner into the perfect person with no bad habits!!
Just an after thought...a wills a good idea if your not married especially if you have children but yet again thats not a good reason to get married

Answer 4

there's possibly the insurance factor. you can be covered by your spouse's plan and often group rates are cheaper then individuals.

But if you continue to just live together, you really should have some kind of legal papers drawn up, possibly a will. If something happened to one of you, who would get the stuff? Your partner's family? I've seen it happen....it can get ugly.

And of course there's the whole romantic side of it.....you might just want to have that commitment with the person.

Answer 5

you get married to show a long term commitment to your partner.

It also helps for the reason in death, if you are married your partner automatically gets everything, if your not your partner will have to fight the courts for things such as the right to keep the house that you bought and have been living in for x number of years....

Answer 6

well, being someone who lives with her fiance' of 3 years.. we're not rushing ;) the only reason we are getting married is to make it legal... as of right now, I don't have rights to him... if he is paralyzed, hooked to life support, can't talk, etc..etc... I have no say in what happens, it would go to his family.... Also, we can't be on either of our insurance policies together.... we can't file joint taxes.... what if we have a child? I'm not hyphenating the baby's last name so it would go one way or the other and I would rather us have the same last name. Those are just some of our reasons.

Answer 7

There are some benefits to being married, such as taxes and if one of you were to get really sick you would have rights to handle things with finances and the house and what ever. WHY NOT get married??

Answer 8

I would say, to celebrate your love with family and friends. Just to have a big ******* party so you can get presents. These days divorces are more cut throat and women try to take it all so it's really not worth it unless you know the ***** won't try to take everything in the end. I know I want to get married, but just to further my commitment to my b/f, but it's not going to happen so it's not really a big deal...blah blah, marriage sucks.

Answer 9

Some pension schemes do not recognise "partners", only "spouses".

So a partner would only qualify for a widow's pension if she has a marriage certificate ( unless at the discretion of the trustees, who will want to know all her personal financial details).

Answer 10

Statistically far fewer married couples separate after having children than couples cohabiting. That's one reason anyhow.