marriage license renewals every 10 years? And what would be the negative effects of it?
2007-10-03 11:57:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Just curious as to what you think.
2007-10-03 12:04:09 · update #1
Interesting idea! I think after 10 years it gives two people a more real sense of what marriage is all about. I think it would benefit a relationship because it would make someone think, Do I really want to be with this person for the rest of my life?
Sometimes we take relationships for granted.
2007-10-03 12:03:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know there's a politician vying for that right now (not in US) and I think it is a load of bull. The institution of marriage was started by the churches and it is forever. The point is that it is a commitment forever. Not a 10 year contract.
So the negative effects? As a society, we are already so "whatever" about the sanctity of marriage, its lost so much of its value and meaning - "until death do us part" now means "until i don't want to work things out anymore". Having a mandatory 10-year marriage license renewal would only make the institution of marriage more pointless and less meaningful. That may mean alot of people get taken advantage of... a woman gives the best 10 years of her life to a guy, than he leaves her for a younger gal, and she'll have a hard time getting re-married. If it was a mandatory 10-year renewal, I personally wouldn't get married OR have children (ruin my body and then get dumped??). I would stay a free agent. Forever.
2007-10-03 19:05:20 · answer #2 · answered by HE'S NOT INTO ME 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a marriage license will require a renewal every 10 years like any other license that requires a renewal after a period of time, then I believe that destroys the integrity of the "vows". Would this politician suggest the wording in the marriage vows be changed from til death do us part to the next renewal period?
What of the kids from this union? The house, the bills? Divorce lawyers - still need one? What BS that idea is.
2007-10-03 19:47:46 · answer #3 · answered by drewxjacobs 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with He's not into Me. Marriage is a contract for life, not a ten year span.
Friends of mine were not sure of the whole marriage thing, as they had both been divorced so they had a "Commitment Ceremony" where they promised to be with and faithful to each other for a period of ten years. Strange, I thought, but whatever floats their boat. Three years later they were formally married with the whole "death do us part" part.
Perhaps that could be offered as an alternative. An Officially recognized "Commitment" Contract, with a set period, rather than changing the Marriage one.
***Would that also mean that there would be no divorce? If you were in it (a marriage) you had to give it the full ten years before your "contract" expired? And could you be fined for failing to meet your contractual agreements?
2007-10-03 19:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question is becoming annoying 1st it was 7 years , then 5 , now 10 google it its Germany tryna bring in a 7 year marriage certificate license .
2007-10-03 19:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by JadeyOz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are we trying to take the meaning of marriage and changing it to something it isn't? Live together if you don't wish to committ. We already have way too many laws and bi-laws and amendments to laws as it is. Let marriage be a committed union and if you don't want to be committed, don't get married.
2007-10-03 19:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by pussycat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋