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Apr 12, 2008 7:14 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
PingPong
PingPongPingPongAstana, Kazakhstan1 Threads 8 Posts
Looks like people nowadays prefer to just have long-term or dating, but avoid or settling down.. Or am I wrong?
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Apr 12, 2008 7:17 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
PingPong
PingPongPingPongAstana, Kazakhstan1 Threads 8 Posts
sorry for the typos, was distracted
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Apr 12, 2008 7:20 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
StressFree
StressFreeStressFreesmall city, Kalmar Sweden176 Threads 16 Polls 8,986 Posts
PingPong: Looks like people nowadays prefer to just have long-term or dating, but avoid or settling down.. Or am I wrong?


What'chu mean? Are you talking about not getting married but living together?
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Apr 12, 2008 7:25 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
cutypie
cutypiecutypieauckland, Auckland New Zealand12 Threads 783 Posts
Well life seems to be so much faster these days?Would love a partner ....vedge garden some chooks and a pony?
Thats my request but well,seems here on line is just humour?
I for one want to be two?as one? if that makes any sense?
Tis a crazy world we live.
Keep smileing is a good one .rose
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Apr 12, 2008 7:28 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
PingPong
PingPongPingPongAstana, Kazakhstan1 Threads 8 Posts
Sorry for not being explicit. Yes, I mean why do people tend to live together and stay single.
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Apr 12, 2008 7:36 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
cutypie
cutypiecutypieauckland, Auckland New Zealand12 Threads 783 Posts
Goodnight Ping pong
Love that pony of yours.wave
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Apr 12, 2008 7:43 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
PingPong
PingPongPingPongAstana, Kazakhstan1 Threads 8 Posts
cutypie: Goodnight Ping pong
Love that pony of yours.


I've noticed that you do :)
Good night to you cutypie! Here it's only afternoon smile
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Apr 12, 2008 7:45 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
joanie04984
joanie04984joanie04984North Woods, Maine USA4 Threads 344 Posts
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? laugh
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Apr 12, 2008 7:51 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
indienartz
indienartzindienartzsurat, Gujarat India4 Threads 20 Posts
PingPong: Sorry for not being explicit. Yes, I mean why do people tend to live together and stay single.

I feel that people stay together but not getting married is that they don't want commitments. In this busy world the priorities are work and carrer for young turks and so they don't want to bring more commitment. In live in relationship there is no official commitment and so either of than can just walk away without any problems. In mairried couple the legal complexities are far too more. I remember my friend in Germany when i met her 4 years back- i asked her that why does she not marry her boyfriend after having stable relationship for nearly 6 yrs and having two daughters. She replied that their commitments towards each other are strong & they don't need a government certificate to stay together. Well it is simple as that it seems. But there are real problems when it comes to long term or life long commitments. And second problem is about childrens born to such couples. Though social stigma is not a problem in western world but the life is miserable for the childrens when their parents seprate( and in any case the sepration rate would be higher in live in relationships).
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Apr 12, 2008 7:51 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
The_Kansan
The_KansanThe_KansanKnoxville, Tennessee USA303 Threads 1 Polls 3,395 Posts
joanie04984: Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?


Or why buy the pig when all you're after is a little sausage? laugh
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Apr 12, 2008 7:59 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
StressFree
StressFreeStressFreesmall city, Kalmar Sweden176 Threads 16 Polls 8,986 Posts
PingPong: Sorry for not being explicit. Yes, I mean why do people tend to live together and stay single.


Maybe because not all people are religiously devout. Marriage is something that was concieved out of religion.
Considering the divorce rate here in Sweden and America, I would venture to say that marriage is seen as something that is not as sacred as it used to be.

Plus, living together first is a wise choice to see how the relationship evolves or dissolves when a couple lives together...kinda like a true test.

Here in Sweden, many couples move in together within a month of dating! Mostly the issue with that is economical, but that kind of fast move in is something that I can never roll with.

Why should couples get married first before moving in together? Who gets to decide? Who gets the benefit of the doubt?
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Apr 12, 2008 8:22 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
newinsouth
newinsouthnewinsouthAiken, South Carolina USA26 Threads 2 Polls 1,039 Posts
I think this addressing common law marriage where people have been together for so long it is recognized as a valid marriage with all the perks that come with it. You can't have your cake and eat it too. If you don't care that you or your kids won't be taken care of if your husband dies, so be it.

I read in the paper where they are trying to make common law marriages valid. But if the people in these unions don't care, why should there need to be a law to protect what they don't care about?
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Apr 12, 2008 8:52 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
StressFree
StressFreeStressFreesmall city, Kalmar Sweden176 Threads 16 Polls 8,986 Posts
Zarah: Most important to me is knowing that two people must have similar views in many aspects for it to succeed. There is no point being with someone that has opposing views, it only eventually wears it down, no matter how much attraction to begin with. Both people have different roles in a healthy marriage and neither is less important.


Oh so very true....I know by experience....I took away the family life part in your post to highlight and compliment a parallel point...but I totally agree with your post in it's entirety.
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Apr 12, 2008 9:09 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
gangel
gangelgangelPlovdiv, Bulgaria, Hampshire, England UK52 Threads 16 Polls 5,028 Posts
Marriage is potent. It has the force of law, economic advantages, is a sacrament to many religious faiths, and to be married is to generally be held in higher esteem than to merely be a couple cohabiting.love
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Apr 12, 2008 9:32 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
indienartz
indienartzindienartzsurat, Gujarat India4 Threads 20 Posts
gangel: Marriage is potent. It has the force of law, economic advantages, is a sacrament to many religious faiths, and to be married is to generally be held in higher esteem than to merely be a couple cohabiting.


Yes but it also brings in responsibility and legal problems. There are laws which force couples to stay together even if one or both of the partners want to walk out. I don't want to fall into nitty gritties of who is at fault or the outcomes of failed mairriage- one big thing is that it is waste of life if one has to stay forcibly into a relationship which he or she does not enjoy anymore just because of legal formalities. No one wants to waste precious years of life in courtroom battle for divorce if mairrage fails. So better is live in relationship and what differencer does it make whether you have a government approval or not to stay together till the time they are commited to each other.
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Apr 12, 2008 9:34 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
gangel
gangelgangelPlovdiv, Bulgaria, Hampshire, England UK52 Threads 16 Polls 5,028 Posts
indienartz: Yes but it also brings in responsibility and legal problems. There are laws which force couples to stay together even if one or both of the partners want to walk out. I don't want to fall into nitty gritties of who is at fault or the outcomes of failed mairriage- one big thing is that it is waste of life if one has to stay forcibly into a relationship which he or she does not enjoy anymore just because of legal formalities. No one wants to waste precious years of life in courtroom battle for divorce if mairrage fails. So better is live in relationship and what differencer does it make whether you have a government approval or not to stay together till the time they are commited to each other.


I don't know your laws. dunno
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Apr 12, 2008 9:34 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
indienartz
indienartzindienartzsurat, Gujarat India4 Threads 20 Posts
gangel: Marriage is potent. It has the force of law, economic advantages, is a sacrament to many religious faiths, and to be married is to generally be held in higher esteem than to merely be a couple cohabiting.


And yes the economic advantage that one can claim half of the hubby's wealth inspite of walking away of relationship- MAKES GREAT SENSE TO GET MARRIED- GREAT INCENTIVE BY LAWcomfort
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Apr 12, 2008 9:37 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
gangel
gangelgangelPlovdiv, Bulgaria, Hampshire, England UK52 Threads 16 Polls 5,028 Posts
indienartz: And yes the economic advantage that one can claim half of the hubby's wealth inspite of walking away of relationship- MAKES GREAT SENSE TO GET MARRIED- GREAT INCENTIVE BY LAW



wave I think you got me wrong.giggle
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Apr 12, 2008 9:39 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
morganlee
morganleemorganleeQawra, Majjistral Malta27 Threads 1 Polls 4,368 Posts
I have been married and stayed married for 15yrs for the sake of my children. I would not marry again. If you love a person i don't think you need to marry to prove that point and if you marry for the 'protection ' it is supposed to bring that is the wrong reason in the first place. If a marriage doesn't work out and gets to a divorce the only people that win are the lawyers, with there fat costs cashing in on others unhapiness. jmo
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Apr 12, 2008 9:41 AM CST lawful marriage of living together ?
morganlee
morganleemorganleeQawra, Majjistral Malta27 Threads 1 Polls 4,368 Posts
indienartz: And yes the economic advantage that one can claim half of the hubby's wealth inspite of walking away of relationship- MAKES GREAT SENSE TO GET MARRIED- GREAT INCENTIVE BY LAW
You don't walk away with half your husbands wealth in all cases, please don't generalize wine
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