Live - in Relationship Vs Marriage .

I was married once before and for a very long time. I am now living with my boyfriend, once was married to someone else as well, for almost 8 years and can say that we share exactly the life a married couple would. We did not opt to be living together, due to it being easier to let go. We just found that we were in love and it happened naturally. We share the exact same commitment one would if married. I believe that after seven years we would not opt to let go easy simply because we are not married. I find that both of us work at it constantly just as much as anyone who is married. Love plays an important role therefore, I find that just because we are not married does not mean we do not have the emotional attachment that married couples do. In fact I find that in my case, based on the married couples we do know amongst our peers that we have a stronger bond for some odd reason. I hear some of my acquaintances from time to time discussing divorce and letting go on numerous occasions. As for my boyfriend and I to date we have never gotten to that point.

Hi there! I definitely don't think marriage is already old-fashioned tradition that must be replaced by the modern times "live together partnership". I think marriage is an institution whose roots and traditions must be kept and preserved by any generation. On the other hand, I do not find the live-in partnership disgraceful. Even more, I have made exactly this choice for myself. I've been living with my fiancee for almost 12 years now without marriage and we have a 4-year old daughter. Our relationship is based on mutual respect, love, cooperation and care and we don't condone the mandatory style of getting married. However, once we have the opportunity and most of all, the financial means to do it, we won't hesitate and will get married some day.

I don't agree with you. I am with my partner since 5 years. We live together since beginning of our relationship. We have very stable and loving relations however we are not married but it doesn't mean we can move out or be with someone else easier that if we would been married. Also I don't agree that bonding and sense of stability is lover that in marriage. We truly love each other and and our bond is strong. and we are emotionally involve. End of our relationship would be as painful as divorce. I don't see marriage as a "must". It's our free will nothing more. Even after wedding you may have rocky and not loving relationship. Marriage is only for paper love is important.

Marriage is for stability built up in a traditional and religious manner with a sense of unity, intimacy, love etc. I agree that though these days divorce rates are higher than marriage rates, but still, in our culture, we treat marriage as the license with a blessings of friends, relatives and elders to spent/ dedicate our life to bee with only one partner throughout life time. The live-in basically prepares you that anytime you can be out of love/ relationship and you are a free bird to search for another nest...

i say both are good enough... a marriage is a complete package where family and friends are involved and everything is legal... you can have kids whom you can love and give them your name and be proud about it... you surrender yourself completely to one another...either through love or forcefully... in a live in relationship... things are much easier and often dont last long enough... plus there is little less bonding as compared to marriage... and if you happen to have a child and then wanna split...God bless u... both are good options... its your choice.. choose wisely... i'd go for marriage....

Hi, I'd like wo share somrthing with you guys because I am now hastiting if I should get married. My BF ask me to marry him but I think it is too early so I said maybe we can have a period to try the marrige life that means we are not registered but live together. I think it is a good way before marrige and make people know about each other more. Maybe the style can be lasted forever it you two both like that, I like it at least. But my BF do not think so like he still has some troditional thinking I think, I will try it anyway as I do not want marrige so quickly and I want to do my job well at first.

Hi there, as society and civilisation at large moves forward ( I don't say progress, as we've regressed if anything), more and more values are behind left behind. Marriage is an extension of one's commitment to another, an affirmation of devotion, love and trust solely with another person. Live-in relationships take away from that. They allow like so many other things nowadays for the degradation of society through the debasing of moralities.