Is marriage pointless?

Question

Best and worst things about it?

Answer 1

No I do not believe it is pointless but I have had a good experience.

The best is the warm loving humorous relationship which sees me through our days.

Marriage as in signing a piece of paper is a form of commitment but is really there for the legal side of life.  When children come along in a marriage they are not born out of wedlock (don't know if correct term would be acceptable on Yahoo answers) they know who their siblings are, their cousins and other relations are in the event of family displacements creating incestuous situations.  Before our more enlightened society and in the event of the death of the husband the wife was protected if the husband had died intestate.  It gives the solicitors and lawyers a base to work from and helps keep legal records in good order.

Answer 2

you sound real sweet!

(jk)

Answer 3

Best thing: Nothing.

Worst Thing: It's ******* lame and no one should do it.  

Answer 4

It's not worthless - if your wife/husband dies, you get their stuff.

Answer 5

Baby dont do it.....At the end of the day you are paying all that money just for a bit of paper and again all that money and heartache just to get a divorce. Skip the wedding and go for the honeymoon,lol People are classed as commonlaw husband and wife anyway if you are living together and have the same rights as a married couple. .

Answer 6

Yes it's pointless.  Why would you spend all that money just to get someone to yell and nag at you?

Answer 7

Life is a learning experience.  At each stage we learn something and keep in filed in our mind to pass it on to our offsprings.  Marriage makes a man complete.  Maybe due to the culture, people tend to live together, get children with marrying and get on with their life, But generally, we find that these people are not treated with due respect.

Marriage gives us the status, make us mature, make us learn to contain various types of emotions, and adaptation and accept.

The thought that I have a wife waiting for me, will make any man happy.  But it has its own pitfalls, but that is acceptable too.

Don't you think so.

This is my opinion, others might differ.

good luck and god bless

Answer 8

Absolutely without question!

Answer 9

im very happily married so everything is the best. im even thankful that my man is here for us to argue when we do. everyone has problems but i wouldnt want to have them with anyone else. we are HS sweeties (11 years and counting!) and the worst thing about marriage is someday we will have to say goodbye for a while. one will have to live without the other...but thats just my opinion =)

Answer 10

I like the idea of marriage its good, not personally for me but hey. The marriage contract though is massively outdated and heavily biased to women. That needs a review.

Answer 11

yes its pointless its just a piece of paper then when you split up its just constant arguing over who gets the t.v not worth it would rather stay as i am.

Answer 12

understanding and not listening what others have to say about the couple

if you are married you are a unit

and never tell woman that she is trying to be something else

women use to change their hairstyle,dress and make up,it doesn't mean that she wants another partner or looking for some change,she just want to feel good

HAPPY WIFE-HAPPY LIFE

otherwise you will sleep with a snake,which one day will bite you

or run a way

Answer 13

Could be...

Who will be the spouse?  What are they like?

I have never been so happy or immagines such happiness in my life, ever!

I truly believe that any good man and good woman can be married and have a relationship far more meaningful and fulfilling than anything outside of marriage.

There are of course caviates to this:

Each party must overcome themselves, think of the other person more than yourself.  You have to be willing to communicate, and work through anything.  Without both parties really putting in that effort, no, marriage probably won't be so fun.

The key to such a match?

Where do you meet people?  I don't think there is any miracle place to find that special person, but you should be the best you anywhere you go, because that is how you will find them.

Hey, worked for me, even though we struggle occasionally, as most do, those open lines of communication buiild trust and love nowhere else seen, as we work together to be together.

Answer 14

No, not at all. not in this day and age. You need it to "fit in" to the ideals of a normal family.  its politically incorrect to think otherwise really.  

Answer 15

Yep. Best thing about marriage...she cooks...Worst thing... she takes alimony for cooking.

Answer 16

Well Im not married, but I think its a wonderful commitment between two people and wouldnt see it as being pointless!

I guess the best things about it are agreeing to share your life with another person - the security of knowing that person is always there for you - doing exciting things in life together - buying a house/raising kids/ that kinda thing - I know this is done outside of marrige as well though!!

Bad points? I guess the heartache of going through bad patches that might lead to a divorce? The death of your partner?

Im not sure - as I said I think you really need to BE married to understand the concept of it fully..

xx

Answer 17

best is the wedding the waking up to him/her the coming home and sharing your life but the bad is paying for the wedding waking up to someone else stank moring breath and sharing your space with the dirty asz trifling no good mf!

Answer 18

Mariage for me isnt pointless at all . My hubby an di took our vows very seriously both in from of God and the community . i honor my marriage and like we said till death do us apart . I love my hubby completely and live for him and my kids . he is the best thing that could have happen to me . it is sad that people take marriage so lightly . like i have said before marriage sucks at people who sucks at being married . just pray for god to help you pick your best half and you will forever have peace of mind and soul. this doesnt mean it doesnt take a lot of work . it does that is why it is worth it . if there was no pain there wouldn t be a gain . if i ever come back again i will be married again .  

Answer 19

its only as great or bad as you make it.

right now, it sound s kind of bad!

Answer 20

Well, I can't really think of any. Once, it used to mean that the person you married stayed with you for life and belonged only to you, but now that divorce has been introduced, that reassurance has disappeared.

One negative is that eventually, the magical newly-wed phase ends, and the people often change into something different to what they were when the couple were dating.

This happened with my parents. They now wish they'd known what the other was like so they would never have married, but because they don't believe in divorce, they're stuck together.

That's another bad thing about marriage - if you don't agree with divorce and you and your partner become estranged, you're pretty much miserable for the rest of your life.

Answer 21

its great if you both love each other,otherwise ,no,,

Answer 22

i think it depends on the person, for me it is pointless, and when me and hubby married nothing change (except my name) but my hubby needed the commitment so for him it made everything more worth while...

living together is easier and cheaper to walk away from and you can move on without any legal ties

Answer 23

No its a way of showing that u are comitting ur whole life to them, its not pointless at all its the best way of showing someone u truely love them!