Why do people get married?

Answer 1

Because they are too stupid to use birth control, get preg. and then don't want their baby to be a bastard.

Answer 2

People get married for many reasons:
1. they love each other and feel they need to take the next step of confinement... uh i mean commitment. and decide to build a family together.
2. Two words... Vegas, Baby!
3. Even though they really dont love the person, they really dont want to see them with anyone else. So they trap them.
4. Lonliness is a bish.
5. Shotgun: The girl is pregnant and her father WILL NOT tolerate a baby out of wedlock. You must marry the girl.
6. If Liza Menelli did it, why cant you?
7. Almost every girl has a dream to have a big wedding. In this case, the guy is used as an instrument to make the dream come true.
8. You've known each other your whole lives and made a pact that if you werent married by the age of 35 then you will die.
9. It a scientific experiment.
10. Jus cuz......

Answer 3

This is an interesting question, considering today's divorce rate.
It would seem that people of today are unable to commit themselves to a life with someone. To live through the challenges life brings. Basically the youth of today find it MUCH TO EASY TO QUIT.

I learned years ago that another relationship has just as many problems as the last, just different.

I am from a family where there have been few divorces, no murders to the best of my knowledge and many of the marriages have made it as long as 50 and 61 (my parents) years. My own has lasted 39 years this year and yes I have thought about divorce many times. But I know the problems I have with this husband. I would not want to have to learn with a new Husband.

We are in an age group where spouses are dying occasionally.
I have thought how much I would miss hearing that breathing at night, next to me.
Not having my friend, my work mate, my help mate. It would be very lonely.

I watched my Mother after my Dad died. Not that you cannot live without your spouse, but if you have the ability, endurance and skill to stay in a long term commitment, you are very lonely when they are gone.

I have worked for 25 years, but I still believe that women are the nurturers and child raisers. Men are the bread winners and the Fathers. Children NEED both parents to balance out the growing up. So they have daily examples of what men and women do in life.

I was all for the feminism movement when it first started. But in the big scheme of things, Men became less of a Man and Women learned that we truly must decide what is the very most important in our lives. Because NO we CANNOT have it all.
Not that we cannot DO it all, its just that one person is only so strong, only has 24 hours in any given day, and needs a partner for emotional and physical support.

Life is hard, that is why we were meant to be partners, so we have support for a lifetime. We have to be patient, we will disagree and have differences. But remember we were attracted to one another for some reason. Breathe deep, carry your weight in the relationship, physically and financially and emotionally. They can work. Just be committed.

Answer 4

I completely agree with Master Maverick's answer on page 1 and do not understand what kind of imbecile would rate it as a bad answer. Hurrah for Master Maverick, clap clap clap! I hope it gets chosen as the best answer.

In my not so humble opinion, love and marriage are two very different things, and when confused they can cause havoc in people's lives. Marrying for "love" is probably the biggest mistake most people will ever make. Love never needed marriage and hopefully never will.

I understand that marriage was very important but it's time has long gone, it's just a meaningless anachronism now.
I will be relieved when the falsehood of marriage will be recognised by all and hopefully that day isn't too far with divorce rates increasing. These divorces only show that marriage hasn't the "permanence" it has been thought to have. I don't see how marriage can prevent anyone from being unfaithful to their partner. And do most people think that it is less wrong to cheat a boyfriend/girlfriend than a husband/wife? Considering their views on marriage it seems so.
If anyone feels they need to "commit" to their partner or make their partner "commit" to them in this way they should best not enter a long-term relationship, they simply lack the trust needed.

I'm sure I've ruffled a few feathers but I'm glad I wrote what I think is the truth.

Answer 5

It's what humans do, look at the world and the vast majority of humans pick a partner bond and make a family.

Generally cultures have connected sex with the responsibilty of the children that come out of the process. Hence in most culture's including America up into rrecent years has based the serch for a sex partner on their qualifications to be a parant.

Granted in America we've kinda been sold (TV and advertising) a false set of goods on what is real and what isn't. All we see on the TV is people having sex without the consequnces of children with people that you would not want to be the father or mother of your child in the first place.

We do not see children being raised to be selfless father's and mother's we see children being raised to be selfish consumers.

At 20 a male should be a MAN and we as a socity we pitch to this potential man to drink beer and smash can on head and you then you get to bang cute girls. In a real socity a women would never allow a BOY like that to mount her. Seriosly how good of a father can a smash your head with beer can boy make.

At 20 a female should be narrowing the search for a good potential father and instead we have the Brittney Spears as their role model and she pukes in some new parking lot every night while her baby sits in a limo. A real socity wouldn't buy her records they would take her kids and lock her up. Sad.


The 50% Divorce rate is reflective of this selfishness because in a marrige both parties are required NOT to be selfish, as long as both parties stick to these commitments marrages will be sucessfull.

Answer 6

People get married for alot of reasons. Some get married so they can make it official that they love one another. Others only get married because the woman gets pregnant and feels it is the right thing to do. Others do it for money. But to me marriage is just a certificate. Getting married complicates alot of things, especially if you decide to get a divorce, then it gets really complicated and on top of that,,,, Alot of Money! So , I feel lucky, I am a female that has been asked a few times to marry. But I am glad I didn't . It's better this way.

Answer 7

People get married for several reasons. Marriage is a commitment between two individuals who vow to support and love each other. People get married because they have found the person who they want to spend the rest of their lives together. People marry for love and stability. Not all marriages work. It takes time, commitment, trust, love, and compatibility to make marriages work. So If your not ready then take your time. No need to rush.

Answer 8

I just recently got engaged, and all the time before I actually got the proposal, I was so certain that I wanted to get married. Then, once I got the ring, I realized I didn't really want to get married, I just wanted him to want to get married. Now I am trying to figure out if I should give the ring back. Not that I do not love him, and do not want to spend the rest of my life with him, I am just not certain I need to have a marriage to do that.

Answer 9

Marriage is just a relationship where two individuals can live together and or get into a sexual union, wanting kids. Sometimes the two love each other. Then sometimes you HAVE to get married like in some countries you get arranged marriages. So your parents choose who you marry. Or in another case you could happened to get some girl pregnant, then you kind of have to get married. And that's about it.

Answer 10

It's nowadays just a convention contract because you
can live together with another person in alleged freedom,
being young and believing yo'll never grow old, and sudendly becoming a widow/widower but not married. And so you not only suffer the existential and emotive sorrow, but therefore you have no means of annuity pension and you must keep on living.
But let's have joke to laugh or smile. It's said that politics make strange bedfellows. Marriage_ the strangest! It's up to you.

Answer 11

When you love some one you want to be committed and you would want that person to be committed to you . Marriage is is an umbrella of love. now different people and different cultures have different views and reasons. I asked my self that question when I moved to live in America . Marriage did not make much sense but now I kind of know why people would want to get married and I think in the US it would mean lower taxes on the financial side also it will get you in a more acceptable social position. at the end whet ever the reason is . Marriage organizes our lives and I am for it.