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Originally posted by Sammie@Dec 20 2004, 02:10 AM
Cynical view of marriage? I would prefer to think I'm being realistic. Ask yourself this question, "How far am I prepared to go to make this relationship work?" Certainly there are benefits to being married or it would be worth making a commitment in the first place. The whole point of getting married is to make a commitment to forming a family unit for the protection of the children that may arrive. If you don't want children, why bother getting married?
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Well I've not yet met the lucky lady for whom I'm prepared to marry, but I'm young yet.
. While I certainly believe that they are out there, I am even more sure that there is no woman for which I would ever be prepared to give up EVERYTHING. I see the purpose marriage as more a commitment to be with this one person for the rest of your life than preparation for the raising of a child. If you don't want children why bother being married? Because you love the person you are with and never want to leave them. Marriage is a means of expressing this. The benefits you get from the government don't hurt either. :P .
You can call me selfish if you want, but all that I am is expressed in the things that I do and if I have to sacrifice that for a marriage, I would no longer be able to be me. In the Christian/Catholic religions, one of the most sacred rights we have, by my understanding of things anyways, is the right to free will. I don't see how what is supposed to be one of the most sacred of acts (marriage) could be meant to take that away.