Marriage for a cause

It is a good question. Many time in different forms appeared in mylot. Marriage is a good institution man has found for companionship. If the marriage is based on mutual trust, mutual understanding it lasts for ever and it is also a close and intimate relationship between man and woman, basically for procreation, then to raise the family (children,) have in the process happiness with companion of wife/husband and hildren. That is the purpose of marriage. Both woman and man can live without marriage, still all the things that married people can do and it depends in what society you live. I live in India, here marriage is respected as an institution and living together is treated as social evil.

I don't think that marriage is a requirement to be a couple. I believe that two people can be committed to each other and stay in a monogamous relationship without being married. I believe that a real relationship is based on trust,love,honesty and respect for each other. I think any two people can have those feelings for each other. However, I think that marriage is just a way of showing the world that you are committed to that person and that you want to spend your life with them. I also feel that people should be married if they have children together as it makes the family unit whole to the world.

I too feel the same. But at one point of time people think they need a life partner. So they marry an oppositesex AS THIS IS THE NATURE'S LAW. If one doesnot feel that a life partner is not needed then it's their option to marry or not. That's it.

I don't think marriage is necessary to have a lifetime of partnership with one person. My uncle has been living with his partner for 26 years and they are as committed as if they were married. I don't know why they didn't get married but both are happy, faithful, and they seem to be in it for the long haul. I think the couple should decide if they feel the institution of marriage means enough to them to do it. I am married. I don't think anything would be different if I weren't. I am with the person I am spending my life with - piece of paper or not. I don't think marriage gives us stability or security. All it does is make it harder to break up if you want to. I think that couples who commit to one another in whatever way they choose will remain faithful and committed. Many married people cheat and do other things that the vows are against. So, in my opinion, what the couple decides is right for them, is. In my case, we were married and it has lasted and hopefully will last forever (23 years so far). I think, though, the piece of paper that says we are married has nothing to do with the fact that we are where we are today.