The social acceptance aspect is vanishing in some ways, but certainly not in all. That can be a huge benefit to marriage, especially if some of the less-than-ac

The social acceptance aspect is vanishing in some ways, but certainly not in all. That can be a huge benefit to marriage, especially if some of the less-than-accepting parties are family members. Yes, the world would be a better place if family always accepted your choice of partner, regardless of marriage. But that's often not the reality we live in due to religious beliefs, cultural norms, etc. I don't believe everyone should get married. I don't believe there should be any social stigma surrounding marriage--either positive or negative. But I do think it has value. I'll be the first to admit that I was not expecting marriage to cause any sort of change in my mentality, the way I approached the relationship, or the relationship dynamics in general. But it happened. I fundamentally believed I was 100% committed and marriage was a waste of time and money. But there was a "voice" in the back of mind always saying "you can just leave if you don't like a thing"; and I didn't recognize it was even there until I got married and it stopped.