Is Marriage still Important to our generation?

I do. I believe marriage is an integral part of raising a family, and having kids grow up with a real sense of committment and value of other people. I think if you say you love someone so much that you want to spend your life with them, but you are too chicken to make it legally binding, there's something wrong with your relationship.

I believe in marriage and I've been married for 13 years, despite the fact that our marriage has had many, many ups and downs. I think that marriage is a very personal choice and much of what drives our decision is family values and beliefs from our upbringing. That said, many young people are feeling a bit skeptical of jumping into marriage, especially with so much media attention being focused on the high rate of divorce and high cost, both emotionally and financially, of divorce. Due to this many young people are choosing to take their time to find a mate and then spend some number of months, or perhaps years, living together to make sure they're truly compatible before marriage.

Well its important to me I am not sure about each generation I think if its important to you then thats all the matters. I have been married for almost 20 years and believe me it has not been all sweet and rosey. But i believe when you marry you marry for life its not something you just dive into it is a sacred thing that you really must want. The only and only way i would ever end my marriage is if my husband was a beater either to me or my kids i would not tolerate that at all. Anything else can be worked out with help if necassary.

I dont think it's as important as it was in my mothers day. I am one of those who lives with their boyfrind, we have children, we have joint bank accounts, we are even engaged. We just havent signed papers to say we are married yet. I love him, he loves me, we are 100% commited to each other & our family. Getting married would be wonderful, but it wouldnt break me. I know what we have. :] It doesnt change our feelings or how we raise our family...we will one day. But its not whats most important right now.

I firmly believe in marriage. It's not about the status, but the idea of your souls really trying to connect. Marriage is a beautiful thing and it's sad how it's taken advantage of. I also think it's a bringing together of families to witness a couple, two people that are making a commitment, become "one."

I 100% believe in marriage and everything that goes along with it !!! I have been married almost 15 WONDERFUL years.

yes.in our hindu custom each and every thing has got a meaning and if we know it, it makes our life really pleasent

yeah...it is..??

for me marriage is really just the paper, my boyfriend and I have been together for pretty much 6 yrs now and have a son together, we have been engadged for over a yr now, and when we do get married it will probably be a low key kinda secret,just in court offical marrage, just so we'll all have the same last name.

of course. let us value the sanctity of marriage.

yes, it's still important so that you will feel secure