Marriage I think is a legal necessity once you have children and substantial wealth in order to make sure your spouse is able to inherit etc., without any major issues. (i.e. in order to make sure the government does not walk off with most of your wealth.)
As a none religious person I don't believe in requirement of God to live with chosen partner. Marriage seems to be a piece of paper if you take the religous reasons away
Marriage is necessary, but it should be a small ceremony with family and friends invited. It shouldn't cost much. Some of my friends spent oer 20,000 pounds on their wedding. :0 My wedding cost 1,500 pounds. Also, another important point is that in some religions fornication is not allowed. Therefore it is essential to wed before making 'sexy-time'.
i don't agree actually. I have however been married twice andf am curently happilly married. i just feel like i married the first time fro the wrong reasons, i was too young and my fella at the time got posted to cyprus with raf. cos you are not allowed to cohabit in the forces we got married. had a great time in cyprus but on return we split. i enjoy being married tho i feel it mens more and shows a real commitment on both sides and sometimes i think you will work through problems more rather than throw int he towel at a drop of the hat.
As I have been married 40 years this year I would say it was very important the costly bit is the obscene ammount of money spent on the wedding day itself.
A very good question hmm! we now live in a era where marriage isn't as popular or important as it used to be, I still think it's the ultimate prize to declare and finalise your love together but with everything becoming soo expensive these days and we are heading for financial major crisis, I just can't see the trend zipping up for a good while yet!
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