Does marriage make a relationship stronger?

United States
January 16, 2007 6:40am CST
Or can an unmarried couple be just as committed as a married couple? If a couple chooses not to get married does that mean there is something wrong with their relationship?
5 responses
@dfinster (3528)
• United States
27 Jan 07
An unmarried couple can definately be as committed. Isn't commitment a huge part of a relationship? If any couple has a weak and unstable relationship at the start, I could only see it being a weak and unstable marriage.
• India
27 Jan 07
well , as far as i know " yes " as i am not committed even am not married ofcourse , but the thing is that ...commitment is the stage where you can check the girl ... if he/she is your fiance , then you can be check the things which you are in really need of it ..and the most important thhing is that ..there should be a colaboration and the trust that can make things possible ... and thats the only thing a person wants ... other then that. .. yes ... after committment , the MARRIAGE is the thing which makes relationship more and more strong from any sense that can be .... physical or practical.
• India
16 Jan 07
I agree that marriage makes a relationship stronger.Our social structure still aproove the married couple than unmarried,so I agree that if a couple thinks that they will remain unmarried after a long period of love,so there might be some wrong with their relationship.
• Portugal
16 Jan 07
no d that s not wrong, but our socitey says its not correct.. answer for ur q??? yes i say```
• United States
16 Jan 07
It depends on where you live. Most free and forward-thinking countries make no difference between married and unmarried couples other than a few legal rights and taxes. If you're in more "old-world" countries like India and Iran, unmarried couples don;t seem to exist. They are extremely religion-driven countries and there is still an extreme stigma surrounding unmarried couples. But, in truth, all you really need is a commitment. Marriage doesn't really mean much in comparison. If you don't have a loving commitment, a marriage will be unhappy and probably fail. With one, it doesn't make any difference.