No. Two people can and should be together forever if that's what they want. It can be permanent even without a traditional marriage. > We wanted to make someth

No. Two people can and should be together forever if that's what they want. It can be permanent even without a traditional marriage. > We wanted to make something permanent, something we weren't going to back out of. Couldn't the same statement be made without signing a piece of paper? Isn't mutual love, understanding, affection, protection between each other enough to make this statement? What are we afraid of? That without marriage maybe one day some of this love, affection and protection will go away? But if it's really strong, aren't we going to find again mutual understanding with our partner and fix it anyways, with or without a marriage? And if that piece of paper is really the only thing holding two people together, shouldn't they re-consider that maybe they are not meant for each other and there is another person out there who is waiting for them? > When you find an amazing place with really inexpensive rent, how long of a lease do you want to sign? If I told you that this place could be yours forever even without signing a lease, you could just move in and enjoy it for the rest of your life for how long as you wanted, why would you sign the lease anyways?