Why get married?

JessAndTrav

I did it just so that I can have someone who regularly fills up my gas tank.

We're not really in love or anything, but damn, I hate going to the gas station.

mocha beans

Cause it's easier to claim the life insurance check if he's my husband.  I mean...

Real answer?  Health insurance, medical emergencies, ect.  We do live together and function as a married couple, but still if something tragic happens, our parents are still our next of kin that will make the decisions, not each other.

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]I did it just so that I can have someone who regularly fills up my gas tank. We're not really in love or anything, but damn, I hate going to the gas station.
Posted by JessAndTrav[/QUOTE]

Are you saying that after I get married, he'll fill my gas tank and I won't have to go to the gas station anymore?  But only if we have a big fancy wedding?  So, it won't work if we elope on Monday?

JessAndTrav

I guess if you want my real answer, it's because we chose not to live together before the wedding, and even more, we didn't do the deed before the wedding, either. Those were personal choices that we made individually before we started dating each other.

Sure, we could have done all of that before hand, but that was our choice, and there is the legal aspects as well.

If something were to happen to me and we weren't married, then my parents would each get half of my assets. Not that I really have anything, but still. He wouldn't get anything from the life that we had been building together.

JessAndTrav

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Why get married? : Are you saying that after I get married, he'll fill my gas tank and I won't have to go to the gas station anymore?  But only if we have a big fancy wedding?  So, it won't work if we elope on Monday?
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

That's exactly what I'm saying. You have to have the big party to get someone to fill up your gas tank for you. It doesn't work if you just elope. Like srsly, what would be the point?

J&K10910

Hm, well...I wonder how fast I can plan a big fancy wedding.  My tank is getting low.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Oh, yeah, and so our landlord doesn't keep asking if we can still afford the rent if we break up.

luckyme502

So my parents would pay for me to have a big party.
So I could get on FH's health insurance.
So when we have kids they won't be bastards.
So I could get a really nice diamond ring.
So I could go on a honeymoon.
I lost my job so I had nothing better to do than plan a wedding.

katiewhompus

Oh also military benefits and his GM discount.

mocha beans

Just do what I do J.  I drive the car until the tank is low, then drive the truck and he has to fill the car's tank before he goes to work.  Sometimes I remember to tell him the tank is low, sometimes not.  

quotequeen

All my friends were doing it.

scoetto

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[QUOTE]Since you can cohabitate, have sex, and have kids outside of marriage these days, why get married and have a wedding? Even if you did want to get married, why not just elope? Just wondering!
Posted by LoiseauJaune[/QUOTE]

BECAUSE ONLY STUPID PEOPLE ELOPE!!11!!1!!

Oh sh!t...

Kasi80

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[QUOTE]In Response to Why get married? : BECAUSE ONLY STUPID PEOPLE ELOPE!!11!!1!! Oh sh!t...
Posted by scoetto[/QUOTE]
Aw dagnabit!  Kasi = Stupid.  Good thing I left his a$$ to have a cool fancy shmancy wedding with another dude.

HisCB

because i love him way more than previous bfs i lived with and hes way better than them. seemed like an insult not to step it up a bit. i was even engaged a loser right out of hs, so i have to get married to upstep that relationsip.

because my 2 older siblings did it, and my little brothers engaged, i wanted to be in line.

because i love to throw parties.

because i want to have the same last name as my kiddos.

because i can.

because i have mostly positive married role models in my life.

susieq87

I feel bad that my 2 dogs are currently bastards, so we decided to get married!!!

morainemom

It was Friday night - we live in the boondocks and we were bored.

We had nothing better to do and he didn't have to get up until 6:00 am the next morning to hunt - so we said, "What the heck, let's get hitched!"


BTW, let's be a little more upfront with why you are *really* asking this question:

http://forums.theknot.com/default.aspx?path=http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_north-carolina_wedding-planning-documentary

brookelynpaisley

I did it for the free plumbing services. He wanted to marry me so someone would always do his taxes. And also he gave up his truck so I could have my dream car. I felt a little obligated after that.

Dmatthews450

Honestly, we already live together, share all expenses and make joint decisions on everything, so yes we could just go to the courthouse one day and not much would change.

However, I feel like a wedding is more about the family than the two of us. It is about having all the people who have influenced he and I to become the person the other wants to dedicate their life as witness to the commitment ceremony. And, just like any other major event in our lives: birthdays, graduations, births, deaths, I want everyone I love and care about to be a part of it.

M&R7111

I want to elope!!  I'm doing the "married" life right now, but without the legal benefits.  The "wedding" day is just to make the family and FI happy.