Ann L gave you one of the most fantastic answers I have ever read! Too bad it doesn't work in the real world! I have 34 years of experiencing everything she mentioned & I am still in a marriage that has no love, no affection, no kindness, no happiness.... and why! All because I said "I Do"!
2007-11-26 00:16:11
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answered by Me 7
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It is possible to have a relationship while single, but then again, things change when you have children. Marriage is like a house that keeps the couple and their children safe. Think of all the single parents out there, how difficult things are when they only have themselves to depend on and also for the children to depend on to feed, to love, to care for, and later, to send to school etc, to finance their education..the list goes on and on and on. But that is not all -- marriage is a gift a man and a woman can give to each other. Marriage means of coming together, of joining into one, of becoming a team and becoming stronger. You start with two, and slowly build up your team with your children in the future.
2007-11-19 07:05:57
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answered by jenne h 1
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Here the deal. Do you want to be with the same person for the rest of your life.Do you want to be two old people in the front porch swing that can recall an entire life spent together with just a look or smile. If you do, I recommend getting married. Here is why.
There will be times in your life when you do not like the person that you chose to spend you life with. You will want to change your mind. You will wish you had not chosen that person, you may even want to throw a big rock in their face and pound their head into the ground. This feeling can last hours, days, months and sometimes years. You will most likely stay because of the hassle of divorce (or at least that is what you will tell yourself) and because you gave your word to this person that you would not give up.You did this in front of everyone you know and love. You gave your word. You said it and you all partied afterwards. You got married and now you are stuck. Then, the bad times will pass because you know you have got to get through them . You are in this for ever and unless you want to be miserable, you will have to work on the problems and get them solved. Your goal was forever and you both will have to get down to the business of getting there. You will forgive things you would not have forgiven. You will have apologized when you felt like being stubborn, you will have saved money you wanted to spend, you will have put down the toliet seat when you wanted to leave it up. You will have done many things for the sake of your marriage and reaching the end goal. In return you will have someone lying next to you that has done those same things for your imperfect self. Sometimes we would have done these things out of love, but many times they were because we had to in order to stay married.
In the long run, you get to know that there is nothing you can do that would make your spouse run for their lives. They will be there for you through thick and thin, sickness and health, missing teeth, dumb decisions, gross morning breath, failures, success, death, life, dirty dishes, drunken passes at your best friend, and even when they did not like you.
2007-11-19 09:42:53
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answered by Ann L 2
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It is not necessary in this day and age if you are not of the religious type. I believe in marriage as the bond is cemented which many people do not seem to want these days.I am married 44 years and would not have it any other way.
2007-11-19 07:01:10
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answered by Ted 6
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Why do you need to live in a house and not on the streets?Just like love cemented with commitment to marriage makes life complete life is lived in a cycle birth growing up marriage procreation old age death
2007-11-19 08:02:35
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answered by Anonymous
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By today's standards its not. But if your planning on having children, why wouldn't you. Hopefully we will become a society once again that does put alot of value into marriage and family. I think we've lost that thinking we've are above that. All we have to do is look around at some of our youth's social problems. Some of those do stem for single parenting.
2007-11-19 07:25:09
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answered by michael w 3
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Who says? Society will soon accept ( may be in another decade) that marriage is just a personal thing and not the basis for living.
2007-11-19 07:01:41
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answered by wind 4
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To be complete and for each to appreciate the difference. The man. and the woman and the wholy union....God meant for it to be that way. That is why marriage is sacred in God's eyes.
2007-11-25 11:11:09
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answered by Ariana 4
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It isn't. It actually ruins the relationship. Think about it you have less than a 50/50 chance that it will actually work. 51% of married couples end up divorced and if the laws were fair it would be 85%!!!
2007-11-19 20:39:48
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answered by Anonymous
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Its not. Its an obsolete and outdated social custom. My g/f and I have been together for over 5 years, and have no intention of getting married. The consequences? There arent any.
2007-11-19 08:06:26
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answered by Anonymous
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