Would you marry someone you don't love?

United States
February 8, 2011 4:20pm CST
Would you marry someone you don't love just to be in a relationship and not be lonely throughout life? For me, I would definitely not however I questioned a few of my friends and it was like 50/50, some said yes/some said no. Those who said yes was because they rather be with someone then no one, ones said no because love exists at any age. For me, I would never marry someone I don't love. What is the point? You only live life once, why not marry someone you love, even if you may not find love now, you eventually. Age doesn't matter, just being happy does! Thoughts?
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@Galena (9110)
8 Feb 11
of course not. why would anyone marry someone if they don't love them? it's a huge commitment. why make an Oath to spend the rest of your life with someone if you don't love them.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
19 Feb 11
Besides that, NOT marrying someone you don't love does not mean you will be lonely for the rest of your life. No-one knows what is around the corner. Besides, one of the worst experiences you can have is to be in a relationship and feel lonely.
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• United States
21 Feb 11
Good point. I would never but who knows.. there are some people who do. Thank you for sharing. :)
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@jagjit273 (1754)
• India
9 Feb 11
Well sweet heart marriages are made In heaven.thats a famous saying. But It Sometimes depends on person to Person and circumstances also.I dont Know your age yet. But I think you are a teen or in your early twenties , The thing Marriage is not relationship between 2 person, Its the beginning of relationship between 2 families.So You have to look for other things than love only.I hope you understand. Have a Nice day
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• United States
21 Feb 11
... Thank you for sharing. :)
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
8 Feb 11
Definitely not, the feeling of real love is the best thing and to think of spending the rest of your life doing the things you have to dom within a marriage without love to me is a life without that beautiful spark....
• United States
21 Feb 11
I agree. I don't see how some people can marry those they don't love just for the heck of it.. Thank you for sharing. :)
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
9 Feb 11
Don't marry the person you love but marry the person you can't live without. For love will fade. Once the the honeymoon is over, it will be the beginning of hard work to maintain love. A slight mistake will blow love out of proportion and it will send either one to the exit door. Many couples get married because of love but how many of these marriages sustain until the golden anniversary? Love marriages are only a faint shadow of a holy union with someone that you can't live without. No matter what happened, they maintained their marriage because both are inseparable and need each other in good or in bad times. One can't live without the other. When the husband speak the wife end the sentence. This is what we call marriage made in heaven.
@Galena (9110)
9 Feb 11
so you think marrying someone you love is bad? how odd. it does sound like you don't know deep and lasting love, if you judge it so destructive.
• United States
21 Feb 11
Do you mean marry someone opposite? My boyfriend & I are opposite people, we never run out of things, we learn new things and I believe opposites attract :) Thank you for sharing. :)
• Belgium
8 Feb 11
There could be a social stigma involved with certain people not being married for a while, people might suspect that they are gay for instance. Of course those are people who dont really, or dont want to know you. Or a mother that is a little bit old fashioned might find it disappointing for a son to not have a wife or a a daughter who couldnt get married. I for one had to sit through my cousins six hour wedding with four thousand (yes thousand not hundred) guests and afterwards told my mom who was exited for when I would marry, that I'm not going to get married. She was quite understanding, she had two other kids, but my aunt heard it and thought it was the biggest scandal. She is a religious person and as in every religion marriage is an important part. She lived in a society where your parents choose and list candidates for marriage and you must choose before they do. Its setting family ties for the benefits of being tied to that family. That still happens very often in less developed countries. Although if you are in a developed country, I'd say that you might as well marry the person you dont love, because you can divorce them once you've found someone you do love. You would hurt your partner who might actually love you, but like you said: you only live once.
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• United States
21 Feb 11
Thanks for sharing! I am glad our mother is very understanding. Here, we don't have arranged marriages (well for me I don't) and yeah if you have to, then eventually divorces can come up.
• United States
8 Feb 11
hey- you i would diffidently not marry anyone if I dont love them. I strongly think thats really unfair to the other person. And your right about only living life once. I mean why live through it with a false love.right?... i agreee with that point of mine. Love isnt about the age--... some people find love at a very young age, like love at first sight. or like he/she is your soulmate.. real love exists you just have to find it,.. or it may surprise you.,. and finds you. you just never know who you'll fall in love with.... and thats what i think makes love so exciting, and worth looking and finding.
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• United States
21 Feb 11
Same here, I wouldn't either. Good points! Thank you for sharing. :)
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
9 Feb 11
Hi Infatuatedbby No I would not and anyone who does is silly as it will never work out Like you say you live Life only once never waste a minute of it
• United States
21 Feb 11
Thank you for sharing. :) I agree! I would not either. I don't want to/wouldn't want to either.
@derek_a (10874)
9 Feb 11
No, I would not marry somebody I don't love. I have seen friends who have done this when I was younger and some of them ended up in a love-less marriage that often ended in divorce and was painful to both partners both emotionally and financially. I know not everybody feels this way and I only offer my opinion based on the experience I have had in life. _Derek
• United States
21 Feb 11
Aw, sorry to hear about your friends who have done this and I agree! I know some too. Thanks for sharing your opinion :D
@eLsMarie (4345)
• Philippines
9 Feb 11
The answer lies only to the what the person think is right for him/her. My older friends would tell me that when it comes to marriage, practicality weighs much than love because there's always a possibility that they'll learn to fall for their partner and maybe if they'd find prefer someone whom they're so much in love with, they might find themselves regretting. As for me, it depends upon the situation. If I'm already left in the point of having no choice, maybe I'll marry somebody whom I think is okay or maybe I'll never get married at all.
@eLsMarie (4345)
• Philippines
28 Feb 11
You're right infatuatedbby... I hope I'll marry somebody whom I will love and will love me in return... By the way, I love Hello Kitty.
• United States
21 Feb 11
Yeah it depends on the future/situation, we all don't know that yet. For me, it's no but when or if I am in that situation, the answer would definitely change MAYBE. Thank you for sharing. :)
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
9 Feb 11
When I think of marriage, i always think of love. I could never marry someone if I did not love them or if I was not in love with them. I couldn't live a life connected to another person by marriage if i didn't have the powerful emotion of love behind me.
• United States
21 Feb 11
I think the same way too! Thank you for sharing. :)
@acey76 (1276)
• Philippines
9 Feb 11
NOpe, Im not into arrange marriage marriage.I don't like it .
• United States
21 Feb 11
No not arranged but someone you don't love..
@RamRes (1723)
• Argentina
10 Feb 11
I would never do it, just for the sake of being married and not alone. It's pointless and ridiculous to do that. Marriage is a big step in a solid and already constituted relationship, not a simple move to not to be alone. I need to know very well and of course love, for some years I guess the girl I would marry, if ever. Anyway, for the sake of not being alone, but only with some company, you don't need to be married if you don't love her. We may even live together if we don't want to live on our own, but there is no need at all to be married, which implies a great commitment.
• United States
21 Feb 11
Yeah I would not either. I know you don't need to be married you can live w/ someone just not be married. I agree! Good point, Thank you for sharing. :)
@titachut (21)
9 Feb 11
Whoa! It is a BIG "NO"! I can't imagine what kind of kiss I will give, what kind of embrace I will make him feel. If I don't love him, why should I stay with him? It would be a great LIE on our relationship. It will not work. It would give each other a chance to hurt each other.
• United States
21 Feb 11
Yeah! I agree but who knows what my answer would be if I was in that position. But I am young still 20! Thank you for sharing. :)
@globaldoc (858)
• Philippines
9 Feb 11
Love is an obligation. It is a duty. It is not something that you feel. It is something that you do. Therefore, it is a choice. My advice is not to marry if there is attraction. One has to make sure that it is not just attraction.
• United States
21 Feb 11
Same! Thank you for sharing. :)
@dainy1313 (2370)
• Leon, Mexico
8 Feb 11
Hi Infatuatedbby no, I wouldn´t. I married with my best friend. And the love we felt wasn´t the love we feel now 13 years later. I could tell you that our love was the one of kind friends, and as we get involved through the years with the problems and happiness our love grows stronger. But what you said about age, is true. I have friends that are getting married on their 46. And are happy as us. Blessings!... Dainy
• United States
21 Feb 11
Thank you for sharing. :)
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• United States
9 Feb 11
If I were to marry it has to be for love as my intentions would be to spend the rest of my life and share my life with someone, so I can only imagine doing this with someone I truly loved.
• United States
21 Feb 11
Same, I agree. Thank you for sharing. :)
@piperu (113)
• Indonesia
9 Feb 11
I won't marry someone who is not loved. Marriage is about a lifelong commitment. How can you be happy to live with someone who does not you love? Eventhough so many people say that love can grow up because you used to with him.
• United States
21 Feb 11
I definitely agree with you. I wouldn't be happy w/ someone I don't love. Good points you brought up! Thank you for sharing. :)
• Calgary, Alberta
9 Feb 11
if she is very hot, obesessed with me and very rich, I might consider to do so. Sometimes love is just not enough. Love is something you can also get to family and friends, you dont really need a lover to be happy. I'm not so obsessed with romance. marrying someone who is rich, obsessed with me and pretty would be something I would do without love.
• United States
21 Feb 11
LOL! Thank you for sharing. :)
@raj7shot (838)
• India
9 Feb 11
Absolutely not as of my concern.If we are not loving them means how come we can live with them for the life long.Its very tough to face that horrible situation. But at the same time if cant able to marry a loved one try to love the married on, unless your life will be in vain..
• United States
21 Feb 11
Yeah it is a tough situation, I don't think I can do it either. Thank you for sharing. :)
• Philippines
28 Feb 11
hi, actually for me i would not. marriage is not as easy as saying it. you must consider that it would be the person you will be facing all the days of your life day in and day out, waking up in the morning and going to bed. therfore, choose the person you will spend the rest of yourlife through sickness and in health for richer and for poorer.