2007-05-01 21:28:22 · 8 answers · asked by 121aloraphotos 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Getting married = commitment stage; legally binding; you get a bunch more relatives with all the consequences
Live in partner = getting to know each other
2007-05-01 21:30:53 · answer #1 · answered by Everybody's Favorite 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Security vs Insecurity in every way. Call it love or call it quits. If you love the person, commit. Live in partner...disaster for any future in marriage. Fights in marriage...you know the person is there to stay no matter what. Without marriage you know the person can leave and any time they want to, plus problems and arguments will be used as a reason not to get married. Realistically, problems and arguements and fallouts with always arise....For God's sake you guys are getting to know each other there are going to be frictions. It will get better over time. Don't put the horse before the carriage, please. Get married and enjoy the blissful moments while it lasts. The real love is when you two live together under commitment. This is the main reason why marriage is important and blessed. The basic things about a person that you need to know....you already seen them, you do not need to live with someone to know if they are the right one for you. Give yourself a least 18-24 months, you WILL know by then. I seriously recommend premarital counseling from someone that is experienced and trained. It will help. Wish you all the best.
2007-05-01 21:43:55 · answer #2 · answered by L L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very simple. Legality. Marriage is a legal, religious binding contract between two people, easy to get into but hard to get out of. Live in partnr is easy to do, easy to walk out of without any legal help as long a no children involved. If you see the relationship not lasting very long then opt for the live in thing, but if you want a long term relationship with all the legal committments then marriage is the answer
2007-05-01 21:37:19 · answer #3 · answered by Arthur W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live in partner : if you have a joint account and own a home together the partner can clean out the bank account as well as the home and leave you standing in the middle of it all with a stack of bills a mile high and no money to pay them.
Marriage : If you have a joint account and your partner empties out the account you can sue him/her in court for 50% of what was in the account. If you own a home together and your partner wants to leave and not be responsible for the home you can buy out his/her 50% or you both can sell it and both take 50% of the proceeds and divie up the bills equally.
2007-05-01 21:35:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking, in "live together" situations, one or both of the people aren't really committed to the relationship. Someone always has to have "the back door open;" the option to just bail out at the first sign of difficulty.
In a stable marriage, two people are dedicated to each other, not just to loving one another, but to supporting one another through the difficult and dark times.
That is not really a characteristic of most "living together" situations.
2007-05-02 01:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its like Leasing a car and Owning it.
With a lease you don't care as much about what happens to it because you know a new one is right around the corner.
Buying, you take care of it do all the maintenance and even when its not running the best you try to fix it up because you hope to get the most time and enjoyment out of it.
2007-05-02 00:31:15 · answer #6 · answered by chinamigarden 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live together long enough, from a legal standpoint, less then you'd think. You'll be legally married anyway.
2007-05-02 02:13:28 · answer #7 · answered by kheserthorpe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your attitude. With a firm commitment you are less likely to walk away. People dont take it serious enough these days and that is why there is so much divorce.
2007-05-01 21:52:47 · answer #8 · answered by karena k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is alot of diffierence, you live in with someone, you can quite no stringes attached. You cant decide on having babies in if you want to. Your finances are independent. the men always like it when they dont want to commit themselves forever.
2007-05-01 21:38:58 · answer #9 · answered by mari 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marriage is a piece of paper that says you are husband and wife, it means committment.
2007-05-01 21:31:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋