is marriage important to you

hi marty,marriage to me aint important,what is important is that my partner and i love each other and want to be with each other but we dont need a piece of paper to prove it!!!! id rather go on holiday abroad lol tke care,love shoes!!

Marriage is simply legal security that if something goes wrong your family cannot move in and take control of your care etc or take control of your finances without a fight.

In itself outside of the legal benefits it provides it is simply a piece of paper that really says nothing about your commtiment or love which is proven by the 30% divorce rate.

I solely married for legal protection if my husband ended up in care that his psycho mother couldn't step in and try and take control and dictate where his care would happen etc.

No, marriage means nothing to me. I wouldn't need a piece of paper to prove my commitment to anyone, neither would I expect it of my partner. It all boils down to trust for me. If you trust someone, why would you need a certificate of ownership?

I suppose in the great scheme of things, marriage is not what's important. It's how you feel about your partner, whether or not you have the piece of paper to seal the deal.

I want and intend to spend the rest of my natural with him, and I believe he wants the same. That's what's important to me. We are married, and happily so.

In todays world it does not seem to matter but our generation were more or less made to as living together was frowned on and classed as a "sin"
I personally think it does show a final commitment and is better for legal purposes, and it is harder to walk away so people would work harder to make it work.Children born out of wedlock are not stigmatised like they used to be years ago.
Ultimately it is what both people want not society.

I have to be honest and say not really. My husband and I married because we wanted to but not out of any real conviction that a piece of paper legitimised our relationship or to prove our love.