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Originally Posted by ElsaMars
Marriage means different things to different people. They marry for a variety of reasons and it's not up to me to decide if their reasons are valid enough. Marriage is becoming obsolete over time. For some it's obsolete now. Throughout history people have married for a variety of reasons (financial, political, love, forced) love means different things to different people. Family might be viewed as more important than a lover to some, but not everyone has family or feels that way. I think it's healthy for you to discover your own feelings on love and marriage. We all view things in unique ways and these shade our world in profound ways. Keep learning what you think and feel.
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Thanks, Elsa!!
I too, agree, that marriage is becoming obsolete. Especially since couples living together out of wedlock isn't at all as taboo, nor as illegal, as it once was. My brother and his girlfriend aren't married, nor, do I believe, even engaged at the moment. However, they've been living together for nearly 6 years. I don't know much about if they ever intend to be married in any "official" capacity, or if they even feel they need to. For all I know, they are common-law and his girlfriend is my SIL. My mother already considers her a DIL.