Is married by choice or by love alone?

I quite agree with marriage being a lifetime commitment as witnessed by God and the state. To marry for me is a choice caused by love and not for anything else, to spend the rest of our days together for better and for worst, a promise that one should bow to keep but could only survive with love alone.

It depends on situation. We knew that some people get married by choice due to different reasons- arrange marriage, marriage for convenience and others. Marriage is a lifetime commitment- whether it is by love or by choice, the concern must know that it's not a game or a joke of life.

I think it's depends on individual. If you the kind that cannot live without your love one, then you better get married with your love one. If you the kind that has no preference on love to get married, then just look for a good girl/guy, good income for guy or good attitude for girl, good family background, I mean get to know each other and then propose. I'm the kind of the second type, I have my wife chosen by my parent and we live together happily till now. I think love after marriage is interesting and funny.

I think it is because of love that we tend to get married...Marriage is a permanent bond that links a particular person for life...well, it has to be..so bad that few people fall out of love right after marriage...

It's both but first we should decide if we want to marry one person in the first place or you want to be alone all your life. Single ladies in the 30's and above usually want to be alone and they are happier and contented. My fiancee left me 2 months ago because she wants to be alone in her life. It's sad but I think that's how relationship works - love doesn't always end in marriage.

There are a lot of people that get married because of love. I know my parents did and they had one child then decided they wanted a better one and had me (jk I love my older sibling). I am happy that they found each other and even though they argue at times, like many couples do (even over some pretty immature things for people their age), I have always seen the love. Then there are some people that did marry specifically by choice. I mean not both people in a marriage may have married the other specifically by choice, one may have been in love with the other and that other decided what the hell. I have heard that some people really settle because they don't think they can do any better or just have a need for security. Then there are the people that marry because of some one being pregnant or for money. It sucks to think it but that is just the way some people work out marriage.

I think that it should be both. It shouldn't just be about love, but both couples have to agree to it. It shouldn't be forced. Marriage is forever if you don't believe in divorce, and you would want the other person, and yourself, to be happy.

Enter into marriage should be with love. Because if they don't love each other and marriage by choice that relationship will be ended as soon as there is a problem coming up to them...

I think it is a little bit of both.. You wouldnt even be thinking of being married if there was no love.. unless you are a person that gets married for other reasons, which in my opinion is wrong!! Its a bond between two people which is suppose to last a lifetime.. Well that doesnt seem to happen much anymore.. Many it is because people are in a hurry to get married before they even realize what it all means.. How your life does change once the wedding day is over and the party is gone.. You have a partner for everything for the rest of your life... Some of it is really great and some can get rather irrating. Love is the glue that keeps the two parts (man woman) together.. not children not material things... nothing else but pure love... With love there is understanding, trust, forgiveness, and most of all when the moments get rough and you feel like the worlds against you.. You can go to your other half and be held... and even if it is only for a brief moment feel safe and secure within the arms of your lover your best friend your soul mate...

Marriage 'should' be based on love, but many persons get married by other reasons too. Depending where you live (country, culture, society...) even today some couples get married because of political or economical reasons. Some people even get married based on a special agreement to reach some points which they couldn't if they stay alone.

when two people enter into relationship, of course those who are in deep love and get married, they do so with the thought of life time, but circumstances play a different role, even if they are in love they may at one point get separated or else the relation may get worse. Now this completely depends upon the two people what they exactly want in a relationship. If the two got married for some purpose, then no question of any other matter, they may stay together after the purpose or may not stay together. Meanwhile if they fall in love, even if the purpose is over, they stay connected and continue their relationship. But if they still don't have anything to do, then separate.so i say getting married is sometimes by choice and sometimes by love alone. It purely depends upon the people who wants what.some may feel , it is a gift to be together for life long, but on contrary some may feel its a prison to be with one person all the life.

for me married is really a choice. being married is like you are committed for a lifetime with the one you love. married is a lifetime choice that we make. for people who decided to get marry they simply say that they want to take their love in a new level.