The Importance of Marriage

Why is marriage MORE important to women than men? I don't need a piece of paper to B emotionally connected to a woman! Perhaps marriage is for some people, but NOT for others! I'd rather keep my independence, B single, & happy than B tied to any 1 woman for X number of yrs!

This image pretty much sums it up IMO.

Too young to think about this, with me being a college student but I'll add own opinion on the matter.

I really don't like the concept of marriage as it is a concept created by a patriarchal society to show off their trophy brides, and polygamy was even allowed for men; Women usually had no rights about it. The fact that marriages of olden times were more for political alliances and pragmatism, and not out of a desire for love and emotional intimacy which I find distasteful.

Cue the modern times, there are some changes, but the underlying fact of what marriage is, the underlying reasons for it (blame my cynical view), and false love irks me.

I made a promise to myself that if I am to get married, it would be someone who I love and accept as an equal and reciprocates in kind, and one who I can trust and can trust me. And I'd prefer if she was the one to propose. Call me young naive hopeless romantic, but I like my freedom, I like to treat and be treated with respect, and I like equality.

I'm pretty sure no guy wants to be married to a "relentless harpy who sucks your soul and pocket dry." I sure as hell don't; I'd kill myself first.

And if anything else, I'd prefer to destroy the notion of marriage as a relic of a bygone era and have free love for all. It's perfectly fine after all; my parents weren't married for three years after I was born and I a decent enough person. That and I pretty much liberal on most things.

Who said marriage is more important to women than to men? Or that women are only after a man's money?

Some guys have negative experiences and make judgements about all women. It's the company you keep, IMO.

Marrige is for a legal reocognition of a union of two people. It establishes a clear line of who heirs are and the responsible parties for their taxes. It gives the states more rights in collecting probate estates and screws the heirs. And Gays want this??? You'll be regretting this in 20 years.

I see marriage as a legal instrument in setting-up a legitimate family in a society. There are people who want to have a family so they get married hoping and praying that they really found their perfect match so that relationship problems during the marriage will be minimized for the family to prosper and be happy. There are also people who doesn't want or crave for marriage for some reasons to them which we ought to respect.

I agree with the line of thinking that you need not to marry in order to be personally happy nor marriage always brings personal happiness, for sometimes it brings trouble or headache. But I think a good marriage somehow brings completeness and stability to the status of a person in the society throughout his/her lifetime.

My opinion on marriage lol
It's a total Money Pitt. When your break up( which is why I would never marry) your in debt half of your life savings,also if you have children prepare yourself(more than likely) for a custody battle. Not something I will ever think of doing. I am a very independent woman and would never get married( or maybe would reconsider)if he was filthy stinking rich haha)

Marry me and I instantly have half your money and I still have all the pussy.