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Here's your answer -> http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=164039
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I ask the same question over and over. Because it's the next logical step? Because the girlfriend will put pressure on you after a few years of going out and eventually give you an ultimatum? Or you want to make sure that she is now really yours.
For me none of the above is any good. I have very little trust in women (note: I don't hate women!!
) so for that reason I will not go out with one, let alone consider marriage. This works both ways. These days people cheat more and more, whether in a relationship or not. There are no more respect for your own or someone else's relationship.
Just my reasons for NOT wanting to hook up with one person!
For me none of the above is any good. I have very little trust in women (note: I don't hate women!!
) so for that reason I will not go out with one, let alone consider marriage. This works both ways. These days people cheat more and more, whether in a relationship or not. There are no more respect for your own or someone else's relationship. Just my reasons for NOT wanting to hook up with one person!
thanks merciful... but it does not answer my question...
I got married because I became tired of getting BJ's and was fed up with having regular s3x...
bwahahahaha!!!!!
I don't believe in marriage myself, but my one friend got married because she fell pregnant and another says its a way to show your love for a person.
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I got married because I became tired of getting BJ's and was fed up with having regular s3x...
It should. That's the reason.
I recently proposed to my girlfriend of almost 7 years because I love her very much and want to spend the rest of my life with her. I also want to have kids and I feel it's important for kids to have parents that are married. It's also a promise to each other and makes you feel more secure, don't ask me why it just does.
Another thing that friends have told me is when you're married and going through tough times it makes you want to fight for your relationship so much more than if you were just dating or simply living together. Basically you have so much more to lose.
Another thing that friends have told me is when you're married and going through tough times it makes you want to fight for your relationship so much more than if you were just dating or simply living together. Basically you have so much more to lose.
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Marriage still has it's place as a sign of commitment. People normally marry when they are sure they found a person they can spend the rest of their lives with. These days marriage is taken far too lightly, and people get married for the wrong reasons, or they do it as a "spur of the moment" thing, just look at the high divorce rate. Divorce has it's place, but the rate is high for the wrong reasons.
It's basically a way for a couple to tell each other that they are so sure about this, that they are willing to take a big step. It's not the same as just "being together". If you are just together, she/he *might* leave the relationship with the first BIG fight. There is always a quick exit. If you are married, you work things out, because if someone leaves you break that symbolic bond. Marriage is by no means perfect, it requires work, but the benefits are beyond what I can describe.
As someone said previously, I think it is important for kids to have parental stability, although single parents do fine as well (I was a single parent child, but not due to divorce).
I would not give up my wife, marriage or child for anything in the world.
Edit: This goes for same sex marriage as well. I'm friends with a couple who has been together for 20 years (and they have kids).
It's basically a way for a couple to tell each other that they are so sure about this, that they are willing to take a big step. It's not the same as just "being together". If you are just together, she/he *might* leave the relationship with the first BIG fight. There is always a quick exit. If you are married, you work things out, because if someone leaves you break that symbolic bond. Marriage is by no means perfect, it requires work, but the benefits are beyond what I can describe.
As someone said previously, I think it is important for kids to have parental stability, although single parents do fine as well (I was a single parent child, but not due to divorce).
I would not give up my wife, marriage or child for anything in the world.
Edit: This goes for same sex marriage as well. I'm friends with a couple who has been together for 20 years (and they have kids).
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