SPIN-OFF: Is Marriage The Next Level In A Relationship?

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

You had the same exact union before you got married if you were in a committed relationship. Marriage means nothing to the actual relationship. It really only has legal ramifications.

Or maybe you can explain what dynamic does marriage add to a committed relationship that wasn't there before the marriage?

Who said anything about it changing the dynamic of the relationship? I didn't

Here I'll make it official... people who hope marriage will change a relationship are doomed to fail ("he gonna do right once we jump the broom"). It doesnt' change shyt, the partnership has to be solid beforehand for success

But legal marriage = making your partnership official in the eyes of the law, which you yourself comes with certain changes that most married folks see as benefits. What you make of that partnership is entirely up to you and your spouse, thats not the responsibility/duty of the law

 

[winb83]

Who said anything about it changing the dynamic of the relationship? I didn't

Here I'll make it official... people who hope marriage will change a relationship are doomed to fail ("he gonna do right once we jump the broom"). It doesnt' change shyt, the partnership has to be solid beforehand for success

But legal marriage = making your partnership official in the eyes of the law, which you yourself comes with certain changes that most married folks see as benefits. What you make of that partnership is entirely up to you and your spouse, thats not the responsibility/duty of the law

Which means its not the next level for a relationship it's an option for those that want to take advantage of it but its totally legal and really a relationship isn't required for it and it has nothing to do with one. It's a pure legal arrangement two people enter because its advantageous for them to do so.

 

[Ashley Banks]

Yes, it is.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Which means its not the next level for a relationship it's an option for those that want to take advantage of it but its totally legal and really a relationship isn't required for it and it has nothing to do with one. It's a pure legal arrangement two people enter because its advantageous for them to do so.

Again, where did I say it was?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Which means its not the next level for a relationship it's an option for those that want to take advantage of it but its totally legal and really a relationship isn't required for it and it has nothing to do with one. It's a pure legal arrangement two people enter because its advantageous for them to do so.

One could argue that it is the next step, because its entering into a supposedly permemnent legal agreement solidifying the relationship. It saying that the relationship is so strong, that I trust my life with this person.