It couldn't be a simpler answer. Marriage doesn't really mean anything to me. I feel like in many ways marriage is more for the families of the couple than for the people involved, so I don't gravitate to it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.
Why is marriage the pinnacle for everyone? People get married for the wrong reasons. We need to start looking at different packages, whether it's living together, or being with six partners, or dedicating your life to taking care of flowers.
Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure.
I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure.
One of the things that gets confused often is the difference between marriage and good marriage. Marriage is a theoretical concept of the institution, and 'you should be married,' is actually meaningless. Marriage is pretty meaningless without the notion of having a specific person to whom you are married.
I believe that the essence of marriage is choosing someone who loves you for who you are, embraces everything about you, and building a life with that person. Whether that life is with children or without children - it's honestly immaterial to building a life with someone that you love fully.
Marriage is like the romantic ideal, and yet the trappings around it and the culture about it are really the opposite of that.
Marriage is a commitment for life. It is a permanent, lifelong relationship.
For me, personally, marriage is a man and a woman living together.
I think marriage is only necessary if you've got children. It's quite nice for them.
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