I don't feel the need to get married because anything a wife can do, I can do with appliances and without breaking a sweat. It's more about sharing your life w

I don't feel the need to get married because anything a wife can do, I can do with appliances and without breaking a sweat. It's more about sharing your life with someone than getting chores done. one thing that might make it somewhat more appealing is if western culture could do away with the needless expenses around the tradition and the ceremony...If it was not a disappointment that people have modest weddings, perhaps a few more people might get married? It used to be that only rich people spent $8k-$80k on a wedding. Most of the time in the US, it happened in the living room or in the local church, and the reception was in the backyard. Today's weddings are a fabrication of the wedding industrial complex. They're rich people's affairs sold to the common person as a necessity, much like the diamond engagement ring. Spending the equivalent of today's $300 all told on a wedding used to be the norm. The ceremony and the gathering of friends and community can be wonderful, even magic. I think the money and glitz get in the way. I've been in some bands that would get hired for weddings, and the most beautiful weddings I've been at were DIY affairs done at home on the cheap, but with sincere feelings and meaning. My own wedding was pulled off on the low end of the price scale. We hired a waterside Chinese restaurant, got good fuss-free catering, and got the day-of coordinator and linens for free. I hired musicians I knew and we went and got orchids from a nursery and bought our own drinks from Costco. The most beautiful wedding I've been to was a quaker wedding held in the back yard, completely DIY. Barely nothing more than a circle of chairs and home made decorations.