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From a young person's perspective who has seen older coworkers get divorced and observing remarkable fallout from divorce, why get married then? Please don't
by FilterSweep 10y ago
From a young person's perspective who has seen older coworkers get divorced and observing remarkable fallout from divorce, why get married then? Please don't take the question as an insult, its a query from a young developer who scarcely has relationships longer than a year.
- VLM 10y agoMostly to raise kids in a stable manner. And the finances are much more stable. You need someone you can have fun with; little league games are not romantic, but are fun. Ditto doing the laundry or yardwork or cooking dinner or whatever. We have similar outlooks on hobby / life / work balance. We're also both descended from 40+ yrs of marriage couples, so the risk of divorce seems much lower.
- nojvek 10y agoAfter moving here, I was quite surprised to see a significant number of my buddies had divorced parents and were totally against marriage.
- dagw 10y agoYou've answered the question "why live in a stable, long term relationship" which is a subtly different question from "why get married".