What is the point of being married?

Marriage is a union under God that should not be entered into lightly.. Mariage at one time really ment something, ya know.. traditional - nowadays it just seems like it's something for bored people to do.. If people think marriage is a way to keep the man or woman faithful to one another then they need to stop and think again.. I do however strongly believe that a couple should be married BEFORE they have children.. but then nowadays, again, it just doesn't seem to matter and this is what our children are growing up on.

I have asked that same question to the people who criticize me for not being married. My b/f and I have been together for about 7 years now. (That is him in the pic with our daughter) We are more committed to each other than most of the married people I know. We have one daughter, who is 13 months old, and will be having a son in about 3-4 weeks. I was married previously for about 5 years. My husband at the time had a different girlfriend every week, or so it seemed. I don't see the point in signing that piece of paper. God knows how we feel about each other. We have both made our vows. Our neighbor is a preacher. We just aren't tied to each other by a government document. What is the point? I think it is 1)totally symbolic, and 2)a way for the government to get more tax money out of us. As far as a woman changing her name, I don't think you need to be married to do that. I think you can change your name at any time (for about $15) if you so wish. You just have to have a valid reason.

Personally there is a lot of good to this law. Because even though I am for a couple marrying and making things legal in writing, and Sacred to god, there are a lot of people out there who choose to live together, end up having children and then when one leaves except for a little bit of child support the other person is looked at as they have no more ties. How can they really be able to just leave and not take into consideration children, etc. as well. I think everywhere should do this, because once you bring a child into this world you are a parent until the day you die. Problem becomes when people do not want to accept this.

I always thought that marriage was two people making a commitment to each other - in front of witnesses - that you want to spend the rest of your life with this person. Of course some couples don't last very long - others last a lifetime. It isn't easy to live with another person and get used to all of their intimate details. However I believe for most people it is also bears a religious significance and that would be the major difference between couples and marriages.

We are taught in our Sunday school that marriage is a way of building your own kingdom. Being with someone that God has destined you to be with, and no one should separate you. Being married isn't just being legal in the eyes of men, but in the eyes of God. He is the one who truly united you, not any law, or document

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May times a woman is left with child and the man refuses to take any responsibility may be getting amrriage legalised was the way to assure that the women and the child will be well cared for and man will stay true to the one who has born him a kid. otherwise a woman is left abused and brusied. Same isfor the man so that woman and man both share a home and family and provide a well balanced environment to raise kids and bring some kind of balance to the sciety. May be this rule has now assured that even if you choose to not to marry the father of the child or have been a relationship without marriage for long you are not let high and dry midfway through your life. I welcome this law as it assures greater justice in the changing patterns of the society's fabric.

In our country where live in is still to get a status, I think marriage is the answer to the fulfillment of love and belonging, a nurture of good relationship and having a family. But where you could get almost equal benefits and rights, I think it just comes to the individual's choice and preference. Marriage is beautiful and so is living together and it could both be not so good! In simple words, I think its subjective and each of us must have the right to choose their life. As long as love, respect, belonging, trust and all that it takes to live a beautiful life together are there, nothing can stop us from get going and being happy.

This is an interesting topic. More and more people have concluded that there is no longer any point in 'holy wedlock'. In the present day social climate, there has been a clear and continuing increase in the number of couples who no longer feel any need to get married in order to establish a stable relationship - one that most of them usually intend to last for the rest of their lives. By the same token, those who do decide to live together without marrying are no longer subject to anything like the stigma they would have been a generation ago. I see that those who get married for the sake of marriage do so as it is 'tidier' legally. Otherwise with or without papers the law is there to honour paperless union.

I personally don't see the big deal in being married but legally there are more advantages to it. If you are married legally then you can collect on your partners social security benefits if one of you passes. If you are not legally married, you can not. If you are not legally married and something happens to your partner, you don't have the same property rights as you would if you were married. In the material sense it does make a difference. Also, If you aren't married and say if your partner becomes ill or gets hurt and is in the hospital...they won't give you any info on his/her status for confidentiality reasons unless you are family and you are not. If your are not married and children are born of the relationship....they do treat it pretty much the same. Property...if BOTH your names are attached...yes, it will be treated fairly. If you get a house together and your name is not on that deed...you will have a court battle to get your fair share if you split...you'd have to prove yourself.

I also don't get the point of that new law. in our country, the law for legally married and for those living in as husband and wife are different. the marriage being sacred is also protected by our law.

In the past marriage was a social necessity now that there is DNA testing and women can hold property there may not be much reason beyond the social pressure that still remains to get married.

hehehe, the point in getting married is to have a family in your own...to live legally and to stick with one partner..if you are not married then your partner is free to find another partner...then it's not good to see in the public having lots of wives having lots of partner..a relationship together should be blessed

As they say marriages are made in heaven and the live in together is pure sin . Well if Australia wants it this way that they shouldnt be encouraging marriage then it is up to them. Unless you are married you dont have much incentive to work for your relationships and when kinks appear in relationship then work hard to smothen them. In live ins you can say bye very easily and if law gives you all the rights then it would be more easy to say bye in live in as you know you wont be at any disadvantage and who knows if tomorrow a much handsome man comes along and it is bye bye..in marriage you have stability and you dont have to look ur best at 6 am daily because in live in u know if u dont then a better guy or girl is just around the corner and if the guy is loaded then the more beautiful girl is even closer than the corner.. pls dont take this last sentence as something a comment on female or males but it can be truth .

We have the same thing in the US. Some states still have it on law books, it is called common law marriage here. If you are together over 7 yrs in our state you are "legally" married. I have never seen the point of being married. People who believe in it because of their religious beliefs I understand, but otherwise to me it makes no sense and never has. I don't see any reason for it. I know couples who have been together much longer than others and they did not marry while other married and divorced several times. So I think it all comes down to what you feel is best and works for you as a person.

i married because i love him and i want to have my own happy family.and i dont want to be alone when i get oolder.

Marriage can be a wonderful thing that brings you a lifetime of happiness and blessings. OR it CAN be miserable. It's all about knowing yourself, knowing what you want, and finding that person who sees love and marriage the same way as you do. Then the best you can do is commit to working hard every day. Alot of people think marriage is just easy. It takes WORK to not let the everyday things take all the romance out of your marriage. You have to actively do things for one another so you both feel loved. People who say "i do" then go into coast mode don't make it. now a days people don't have patience anymore for love and they give up to easily. loves not worth fighting for anymore because temporary love is found everywhere and anywhere.people never know what a good thing they have until they lose it and need it then they want to work it out in the end those with the weak and greedy hearts. Perhaps they enjoy the single life. men enjoy meeting many different types of woman, having extra spending money in pocket and enjoy not dealing with anyone when you come home. Marriage will just slow down your lifestyle and force you to be with one woman the rest of your life. How boring is that? Laws relating to family rights and duties, or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are binding upon citizens of any country, even though living abroad.This can lead to complications regarding distribution of conjugal property, inheritance rights, etc.

There just isn't a one set answer to this now a days. One never really knows why they didn't get married in the first place. I would hope to think that those that choose to marry, that they did because they loved each other, and that they wanted to take the vows of marriage and to stick by them, and to share each others lives together. The ones that choose to live together with out the bonds of marriage, I have no idea why now they are getting legal rights. Who makes all of these decisions. great topic.

I wish the US would make a law like this. I think that the government has too much say so in marriage. I think that too many people put more stock in that piece of paper than into the true heart of the matter. I know lots of people that were legally married and misrable because they did it for all the wrong reasons. And, I know a lot of people that never married but have been in a commited relationship for years with one person and are completely happy. Also, I think that a law like that would stop some guys from this annoying habit of dating women that have a house and car so they can move in for as long as they like and then move on. The woman thinks it's a huge deal that he moved in, but he is just looking for a free place to live. I would demand that the man living with me take on the role of a husband. That means all the 'traditianal' ideals of the bread winner and all that. I can make money too, but I have to know that I'm being loved, not being used.

In my view, marriage is the proof of loving. When you decide to married with your lover, it means you can able to bear the responsibility, have the ability to love a person, have the ablility to make your life beautiful. Marriage is a milestone in everyone's life. It is symbolic a person's mature.