Commitment...is marriage the only statement of commitment?

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I have several discussions that have brought up the word commitment. In one dicussion i had asked what the best ways to concieve where. I had also stated that me and my boyfriend where wanting to start a family and then im ridiculed for not being married. My position on marriage is that it doesn't keep people from leaving one another and that marriage ends up being just a piece of paper in the end. It is after all just as easy to leave someone if you are married or not. I just feel like marriage isn't a way to prove commitment. I think that lately people only stay committed for a short period of time. When people see the marriage certificate they don't see a lifetime with that person. I think that people who do marry and stay that way and are happy in their marriage are very lucky and i have nothing against those people that choose to be married. How ever i don't feel it right that i be ridiculed for not wanting to get married after all a true statement of commitment is commitment is it not? A piece of paper isn't going to make a person stay committed to a relationship. The only thing that makes the person committed is the love and trust that goes into that relationship. What is your stance on this subject?