I see marriage as a traditional legal binding that can alter your life significantly depending on your state and country.
You might see it differently. What does marriage mean to you?
I see marriage as a traditional legal binding that can alter your life significantly depending on your state and country.
You might see it differently. What does marriage mean to you?
This is from someone who got married in January this year.
The main part of marriage is the commitment to always choose to love your partner. To clarify, I’m using the word ‘love’ here as meaning “want what they want, and always do what’s best for them regardless of the cost to yourself”. You’re promising to always be the first person they can count on, no matter what happens. It’s not a promise to always like them, although that definitely helps and it’s difficult not to when there’s mutual love.
And for those that believe in this, marriage is an example of the love between God and his people.
Sure, the legal part exists, and I’d say it can sometimes be a good thing, but I don’t see that as core to a marriage. Really, if you both agree to be committed to loving each other forever, I’d say you’re married in the way that really matters.