Is It Convenient Not to Get Married?
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (139937)
Philippines
March 3, 2017 12:02pm CST
I had noticed that most couples are not open of getting married nowadays. "Is it being convenient or a trend?" This is a secret of my clan. I am not going to be worried and read by them. In the first place, I solely have the passion in writing and most of the family circle doesn't have the interest. My brother and cousins didn't get married and have their children. But then, not a single soul wanted to get married.
My granny is freaking out. She is a religious person and had been devoted to the doctrine of Roman Catholic. I sometimes explain to her that modern days changed the mind of people.
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13 responses
@pumpkinjam (8767)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar 17
A lot of people nowadays see marriage is just a piece of paper which makes no real difference to the relationship. As for being convenient not to get married, depends what you mean. There are advantages of being married as opposed to just co-habiting. Then there is also the cost of a wedding which, to many, is an unnecessary expense.
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@pumpkinjam (8767)
• United Kingdom
30 Mar 17
@Shavkat My partner and I plan to get married because we want to. I know couples who married for practical/legal reasons and other couples who have been happily unmarried for decades. Then there are couples who co-habit for years and get married and divorced within a matter of months.
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@Shavkat (139937)
• Philippines
31 Mar 17
@pumpkinjam I also prefer to get married and settled in the near future. I do respect the others preference on regards to this.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
22 Jun 17
I like to remain single though sometimes I long to have someone to love and be loved.I have so many loves in the past, all of them gone with the wind, they cheated me.I am happy to be single but not alone.This time, there are so many marriages broken and they have thought to let yesterday come back for they would prefer to be single.What a joke and life.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
22 Oct 17
I believe it depends on the people whether they want to get married or not. It is up to them and only them. No one has to right to pressure them like lots of parents do. I wanted to have children so wanted to get married, but, did not end up having children and it did not work out at all.
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@luisadannointed (6187)
• Philippines
3 Mar 17
It is very inconvenient because the reward and great plans of God in their lives are totally hinder by their actions and decisions. It's is a disobedience to God. Though it is a trend now... Still God doesn't change his laws. And the kids will suffer.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3 Mar 17
I imagine 'getting married' is sort of like 'a graduation ceremony'---you went to all the needed hours of classroom-study, did all the homework; what do you need a "ceremony" for? except to "prove to everyone you know" that you did all the work & study you needed to 'not need to go to school any more.'
Essntially, it's (traditionally, anyway) 'a graduation-ceremony' from childhood---in most cases (traditionally), the woman is living with her parents when the man 'takes her away' from them. And the ceremony serves to establish that 'she' is living with 'the husband,' that the parents are happy with that arrangement, & so now the world can see.
Do you need to be married to live together? Just as sure as you need "graduation" to get a job!
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
22 Jun 17
@Shavkat Although ... I also kinda realize that the wedding is kind of 'the launch-party' for the marriage-expedition---'a chance for the couple's friends to show them how much they believe in the couple's future-success.'
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@Shavkat (139937)
• Philippines
24 Jun 17
@mythociate I agree. I hope it will last a lifetime.
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@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
3 Mar 17
If they are living together and raising their children then there is not much difference between them and any other married couple. But some societies do not view unmarried couples with children as a good thing. So it is better to get married in that case.
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@reskyyandi (3608)
• Indonesia
8 Mar 17
@Shavkat yeah, I am too young to get married
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@YrNemo (20255)
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24 Jun 17
Some females feel more secured if they have a piece of paper to prove to the world that their partners love them enough to go that far. (Same with some males I guess). But if one of the couple doesn't want to do it, and the other is so frightened of losing their love, then he/she resigns to that state of de-facto. If both partners don't want it, then it is perfect then. Easier to walk away from each other when the time comes.
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