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Because your relationship has reached a point where you're both sacrificing a LOT just to be together. You're planning the rest of your life with the idea that
by bigsassy 16y ago
Because your relationship has reached a point where you're both sacrificing a LOT just to be together. You're planning the rest of your life with the idea that she (or he) will be a part of it. Why? Because you're in love and you wouldn't want a future without the other person.
So why get married? Because you don't want the other person to be capable of throwing all of your sacrifices away on a whim just because you hit a rough patch.
- cageface 16y agoSo why get married? Because you don't want the other person to be capable of throwing all of your sacrifices away on a whim just because you hit a rough patch. Not sure this is really HN fodder but since we're on the subject. That you give two almost completely diametrically opposed reasons for marriage says a lot about the schizophrenia of the institution. Marriage is simultaneously an expression of love and solidarity and a business contract with the potential for extremely stiff penalties in breach. It's the ultimate "trust but verify" of human relationships. The longer you ponder this the stranger the whole idea seems.
- tome 16y agoIt's a contract that allows you to express love and solidarity, knowing that it's unlikely[1] it'll all be thrown away some point later down the line. [1] Becoming much more likely these days!