Is marriage, a need, want or desire?

Answer 1

I think it's a bit of all three.

Answer 2

It depends on the culture. For some, it's a need. A husband and wife need a social partnership to make sure all the bills are paid and they both avert loneliness. Other cultures, it's a want. Some want to do like everyone else and want to marry simply because it's the status quo. They crave that feeling of belonging to a community. Others it's purely desire. That desire is fueled by dreams and expectations. The underlining motive for desire is to be happy. We all crave happiness in our lives and some believe that's what marriage has to offer.

Answer 3

Marriage is a want and desire. People want to get married for many reasons. Some want to because they feel pressure from friends and family. Some desire to because they want to keep up with the status quo. There is proof that marraige is not a need in the millions of people over age 60 who have never been married. Some people say they need to get married because the woman is pregnant; however it is still a want and desire because they dont want to risk moral scarring to the child. I agree that they should, but it is not needed to keep the child healthy, therefore it is strictly a want. I hope this helps!

Answer 4

In this day and age there is no way it's a need. For most I think it's just a desire to put on a pretty dress and be the centre of attention and get presents. The only thing a married couple has that an unmarried couple doesn't have is a tax write off.

Answer 5

I don't think that anybody actually 'needs' to get married, because you can have everything that marriage offers just by actually living with someone, so that rules out 'need.' Most young girls imagine getting married in a big white dress, with lots of bridesmaids, living in a cosy house and everything being hunky dorey etc. etc. so I guess that part of it, from a female point of view, comes from desire. Hopefully most people get married because they really do love each other and wish to declare their feelings through marriage. So hopefully the correct reason for marriage would be 'want' and no other. Only fools would do it for any other reason.

Answer 6

None of the above.

Marriage is a cultural norm, imposed by society because the more natural behavior - alpha males mating with many women as established by physical prowess and most males excluded from reproduction - is not consistent with the orderly development of an advanced society governed by law.

Now sex itself is a biological drive. Not strictly a "need" like food and water, but much stronger than other "wants" or "desires".

On a more practical level, there are certain advantages to be gained from marriage - the most important being societal validation and gaining economic leverage (i.e. combining income but having fewer combined expenses) - so I suppose those motives would work as "wants".

Answer 7

It's a mixture of all three. Human society needs procreation to continue, and the priests have dressed up that need to control us. It's a want for most people who used to wish to be accepted in society and the desire behind it all ensures the procreation is fulfilled. Of course, many people nowadays have realised that they don't need a bit of paper in order to live together so marriage is increasingly irrelevant. How that will impact on society in the long term is a very interesting question.

Answer 8

It depends on what the situation is between the couple is. Each couple has a different need, want and desire.

But now that im thinking of it: Doesn't need, want and desire have like the same meaning. If you desire something, then you want it. If you want something then you need it.

Do i answ your Q!

Answer 9

Marriage is an legal institution, a joint covenant or a prison sentence too.

It is neither one of the three you listed. I think it is a societal norm, that when people find themselves living together or being a couple and unwed, it creates a pressure to conform to that norm.

It legitimizes unions, and children produced by the union.It legalizes properties, taxes, and estates when one of the partners die.

Answer 10

A desire.

Answer 11

Mine was a had to. I got preg. at 18 and we've been together for 10 years. We both agree that its all 3 wrapped up in one. IMOP if you don't get married and have kids you are really missing out. I think the older you get the more lonely you will get. God created us to find a mate and have kids its born into us. I couldn't imagine my life without my family that we have created. It has given me so much.