Are you for or against trial marriages?
By mayrah
@mayrah (1144)
United States
December 29, 2010 9:39pm CST
I have heard from a celebrity here in my country that she opt to have a trial marriage with her boyfriend just to test their compatibility. She also said that you may only know the real personality of a person if you lived together in the same house. But personality I don't agree with her statement, maybe because I belong to the conservative type of people. For me marriage should not be perfect, its a a trial and error that a couple have to undergo to learn and grow with each other. How about you? What's your opinion regarding this issue?
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8 responses
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
31 Dec 10
Statistics state that marriages end in divorce 49% of the time. Would you buy a new car if there was a 49% chance it would break down on the road? How much more important is it that you try out your new husband or wife to test for compatibility? After all your new car will be traded within 10 or 12 years, but your husband or wife will be yours for life!
@pit33pit (534)
• Indonesia
30 Dec 10
hi there,
this time not a few people who are proud to show off his own disgrace, sorry I strongly disagree with this. marriage should be started step by step, including getting to know our spouse's personality but one thing no one perfect in this world.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
30 Dec 10
A trial marriage can end in diaster. if the marriage isn't truly in your heart from the start, the chances of survivial will dissipate quickly. Marriage is not something to enter into without knowing what you want from the future.
@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
30 Dec 10
Trial marriage is a lack of faith in the other person.When a couple gets married,they take it on faith that the person they know before getting married will be the person they know after.People are so afraid of this not knowing the other person, they try living together or call it a different name "trial marriage."Me personally, I would hope my significant other would respect herself enough not to do it.That would tell me more of her character than co-habitation.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
30 Dec 10
I am not sure a relationship should base a commitment on trials. When we commit it should be full swing or nothing. I mean what happens when people get married and think right off the bat that if things do not work they want out right in the first month.
As for my boyfriend and I we live together now for five years and we are committed to one another as one and simply do not discuss marriage. I find that although we do not have a legalized marriage we are not in it for trial purposes. Nor do we have any agreement to see what happens.
We simply fell in love and found that living together was great for us, we will see what happens in the future as we do not set time frame as to where it will lead. I find this odd.
