Marriage or Live in

marriage of course. i cant imagine how peoples can live with someone that is not his family.

I prefer to 'dive into' a live in relationship before I get married. I'm not blindly marrying someone without finding out how they are in bed and how they are on a day to day basis. When you date someone, you're around them for a limited amount of time. You don't get to see the whole picture. You get to see bits and pieces. When you live together, you get to see the whole picture. You get to see if they use a laundry hamper, if they sing in the shower, if they snore at night. You get to see a lot more rather than the living room of their home while you watch movies or whatever.

Definitely marriage! For one, my beliefe, it's Biblical. However, there are practical reasons too. I think relationships are great. And, if you truely love eachother, marriage is a great committment, for the 2 who actually want to stick to their committment. My friend gave me a perfect example: she had cousins who did get married. They had a lot of rough spots in the beginning. If they weren't married, they might not have "stuck it out". However, they had a marriage contract, and did "stick it out". Now, they have a great marriage, w/great love. When you're not married, you might just walk away. You may not know what's in store, it might be great.

Marriage is real commitment live in is just playing. You dont really get to know the person for who they really are.

Marriage hands down. There is no reason do do otherwise.

Marriage is never an assurance that you'll be living together forever but of course, I'd want to get married someday for the sake of my children. How you view things in life will affect you. So if you think living in is not morally upright then don't do it. I am cohabiting with my partner and I don't see anything wrong with that. I guess we just have to wait for the right moment to be married. Practically speaking, it is cheaper and easier living in because you won't have to prepare and spend money for the wedding celebration and when you separate, you don't have to spend money for the annulment/divorce process and other things associated with separation. The sanctity of marriage is not governed by the papers both partner signed. It is how the partners treat each other and themselves as part of the relationship. Marriage doesn't assure you that you will be treated nicely as a person of your own, but so as living in. I guess it all have to do with the partners' preference.

Marriage is not for everyone, & we should not let society dictate to us what’s right for us. If living with your significant other works for you & your partner, then so be it. We must not get ourselves involved with the madness of others, we need to be who we choice to be, because at the end of the day we are the ones that have to look at ourselves in the mirror. (God Bless)

Personally I am not against marriage. As every woman dreams of walking on the aisle towards the man who is waiting for her. I dont see anything wrong with that BUT... marriage does not end there. I am a married woman, I got married twice with the same man, but now I am separated. He was living with someone else now. Problems and differences arise when we are already living in the same roof. I guess things would be less complicated if onlywe live in first then after several years get married... Now we are facing the problem of how to annulled our marriage. MARRIAGE is NOT an assurance that a reltionship would work... It is not a guarantee that you will be together forever and that love wont fade. It takes a lot to make a marriage work and I can say that its not easy esp when your better half fell out of love...it makes marriage a little bit confusing. I guess there is nothing wrong if you know each other well first then get married if nothing change... its easier getting inside marriage rather than going out.

Personally I am definitely a marriage girl. In Britain at least it gives you much more financial security (re. pensions etc) than if you are not married. I am married and I definitely made a point that I wanted to get married before my fella and I lived together. However, I do definitely see that it is not for all and many relationships can last for ever without the need to get married. I am the first to admit that it is just a piece of paper and the 'extra commitment' it gives people is just in their heads, you shouldn't need to get married to be committed. Having said that of course it does take a lot more effort to anul a marriage than it takes to walk out of the door if you 'live in'.