marriage

for me that piece of paper it's pretty important...call me old fashion, but let's say your child has a health problem, your husband get's scared he simply wants to run away, he'll dump both you and your child and go on with his life, if your relationship it's not official in the face of the law. in exchange if you have that piece of paper, this might make him make up his mind. another example: let's say you husband /wife has an adventure, but after some time he realises he had found his "true love". you have a family, and he'll leave both you and your children again without any problem. and the examples could go on. of course in a normal relationship this wouldn't happen, but aldo there are situations when this actually happens...

swissheart you just highlighted all of the reasons why no one (especially a man) should sign any contractual agreements that bind them to another person. That contract is used as a tool of enslavement and controls people. You say "what if the man just decides to give up and quit?" I say that is exactly the point of not signing the contract so the man has the freedom to quit when he pleases and wash his hands of the situation. If I break up with someone I don't want to go into the courts and have the government tell me what I need to do for a person I want nothing to do with.