Is marriage necessary?

10 Comments

Does marriage really affect how you feel about another person? And is having kids out of wedlock really that bad? do you think that marriage is necessary, or is it really just a party, a ring and a piece of paper?

Sorry, long poll!

Yes. It makes your love official. 19
No, it doesnt change the way you feel about a person 45
Only if you have children or want children should you get married. 6
Dont marry. It just complicates things when you get divorced. 11
get married. 11
Dont get married. 7
marriage only ends in divorce. 5
Help us keep this site organized and clean. Thanks!
[ Report Post ]
Comments ( 10 )
  • Chillpill
    12 years ago

    Wedding cake is the best contraceptive.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    3
    3
      -
    • SoccerStud88
      12 years ago

      (this is a reply to the main poster not this comment here^)

      how else would I lure in so many chicks? Being married makes it so much easier!

      Comment Hidden ( show )
      -1
      -1
  • HoHoHo1
    12 years ago

    Make it like a driver's license. At the end of the term you have to renew it. No mess if people want to go their separate ways and if you SO really means something to you.....you try harder over the course of the term to make them want to renew the license.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    1
    1
  • Crisp
    12 years ago

    Been with my partner for 20years, no cheating and no kids. No need to get married. Everyone knows we are together. Married people get divorced, People who live together can also part...but they can do it with some dignity..instead of paying someone to make it nasty. Being married would not change anything for us. marriage is an institution for raising children and was designed to keep the God fearing man in one bed. It doesn't work these days with all the single parents and divorces. It would be very good if it did.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    1
    1
  • deepimpact
    12 years ago

    Marriage is not necessary, it is a choice. But once that decision is made, it should be with total commitment. There appear to be many people on this site who think marriage is just 'something to do' and do not keep to their vows or respect their partners. For those people they should never get married and stay single if thats the life they want.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    0
    0
  • BlueAlice
    12 years ago

    I think it's really unfair that people have to prove to governments and society that they care about each other through marriage.

    Couples shouldn't have to prove how they feel about each other to ANYONE. Besides which, marriage doesn't give you nearly as much room for sexual experimentation as being unmarried does.

    Relationships are enough commitment as is without a ring shackled to your finger, a certificate and an elaborate ceremony which is generally only performed to make the couple seem worthy in other people's eyes.

    The sooner gay marriage and straight civil partnerships are made legal, the better!

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    0
    0
  • Pisslan616
    12 years ago

    I don't think marriage is necessary. I don't plan on getting married.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    0
    0
  • Adoxy
    12 years ago

    Marriage is dumb... People change over time so the person you married then will not always be the same forever but then again I might be wrong that's just my opinion.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    0
    0
  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    My husband and I didn't get married because we felt that it would complete our love (or some other b.s. like that), but we did like the statement it makes to society: these two people made a final, public, legal, spiritual commitment together; which puts them in a different category than just common-law shacked-up-together because we love each other and want to save money by cohabitation.

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    0
    0
  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Not necessary but I like the idea of completely committing myself to my other half :)

    Comment Hidden ( show )
    0
    0