ANSWERS: 59
  • Becasue they love each other, and want to spend the rest of their lives together...
  • These are some of the reasons why people marry: * Want to be free from parents. * To have sex. * To ease loneliness. * To be happy. * To be an adult. * Because of a pregnancy. * He or she loves you. * For money. * For immigration purposes * You are in love with one another. * A desire to share your life with another. * To have a lifetime companion. * Realistic expectations. * Willingness to fulfill one another's needs and desires. (From about.com)
  • 1.) Love for each other and a desire to strengthen the bond between them. 2.) Desire to raise a family. 3.) Financial reasons (many studies show that married couples are financially more stable and better off, in general, than singles). 4.) Social pressure. 5.) Idiocy and drugs (I fall under this category).
  • Because people need a witness to their lives.
  • When i spotted my wife, the bells rang. i knew she was it. i tried to imagine what our children would look like. that was in l965. we are still together today with two grown children. my imagination was not dissapointed with our children. one boy, one girl. both are now professional people. Being in love with someone, heart and soul, means not sharing, respectful, fun-loving, all the good and bad moments, life has to give. my wife and i have laughed together and we have cried together. the From the very beginning, we decided that it was just the two of us, as one, against the world. we have been a team and still are. You can live with someone, even have children. it's not the same as being married to someone and sharing life with a person you adore. Lucky? don't think so. a marriage is a full-time job. you have to work at being married for a marriage to be successful. There are many other reasons people get married, but these are just the basics. if you ever really, really fall in love with someone, you will understand why people get married.
  • Considering the HIGH divorce rate, too many of the wrong ones.
  • I would have been happy enough living with my husband as life partners, but it was important to him to have a formal commitment. In retrospect, I am glad that we did it his way. Over the years there have been a few, brief dark times that I am not sure our relationship would have survived without the commitment of marriage.
  • they r in love and so they can have sex on the regular.. start a family... becuz they want somebody to share their life with and all that good stuff
  • Because they hate their last name? That is why I did it. To make their stalker happy.
  • Because, in my case, i loved my husband dearly and wanted to make a formal commitment to him.
  • In addition to the other fine answers: to share a common dream and mission for life. They discover that they are already moving in the same direction and toward the same goals and that they compliment each other and enjoy each others company. So, they get married.
  • My partner and I are at that age where we're considering getting married for the legal benefits: I've dilligently supported her while she beefed up "our" retirement plan, but it recently occured to us that if something should happen to her, the retirement plan will go in the ground with her. Thankfully we are heterosexuals -- we just have to go to city hall, sign a piece of paper, and her retirement plan will be safe.
  • Because they love each other duhh =]
  • "Or, put another way: Why is it that people get married? Because we need a witness to our lives. There’s a billion people on the planet. What does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you’re promising to care about everything… The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things, All of it… all the time, every day. You’re saying “Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go unwitnessed - because I will be your witness.” Wife in the movie, "Shall We Dance?" 2004
  • Love,to have someone pay half on the bills,a maid,a cook,and sex.
  • So we could be together in my case...I would have been fine just living together (marriage is just a peice of paper) but aparently the military doesn't like girlfriends much....
  • Maybe because of love, but love do fade and thats why getting married is a lifetime commitment with the one you love, and husband and wife should submit with each other his/her moral jobs,but since females are too early to retire by menopause or dont want to have sex anymore, some men find other women like prostitutes or suit another women for sexual desire especially man.marriage is a holy gift of God for those who aer meant to be each other through God's will.
  • To get away from their crazy family.
  • Knocked up?
  • Because you love them and cannot imagine living without them. Sadly at some time we are all likely to be forced to find out what life is like without them. However great a parnership things do not seem towotk out enough to synchronise your time on earth
  • I would say to grow old with someone. Who wants to ndie alone?
  • some people get married because they don't want to be with other people. Also they want to get married because they found their soulmate.
  • 1) tax breaks, yeahh right 2) love, that fades 3) soulmate- try the word cellmate 4) sex- after 4700 nights of hot steamy wall paper removing sex, no really 5) maid, cook, handiman- she won't wear the maid outfit anymore, I can't cook and neither of us knows which end of the screwdriver to hold. 6) to get old together- we are two wrinkly old farts. 7) because of all those things combined and more, she is my friend, my beer drinking buddy, we watch baseball, cook bbq, talk dirty to each and just love the absolute crap out of each other. And bite me if you don't like my answer.
  • Drugs and alcohol.
  • Love obviously.
  • They are in love. Love in not something you can deny.
  • Fear of being alone
  • As in my case; the obvious, "little jr is on the way " of coures thats NO reason to, but you know "old school" "make an honest woman out of her" BUT I should have been more ""careful"" well I was young...and the school of hard know is often expencive ! ( Verry expencive)
  • A really bad game of "chicken"...as was the case in my first marriage. The second time was love, companionship, friendship, bliss, trust, physical attraction, great conversation, curiosity, bear hugs, warmth on cold nights, true feeling of acceptance, and of course, never ending joy!
  • On a bad day like today, I would say they get married b/c they are stupid and so naive about what their union might bring! Expectations most of the time fall far from "that pot"! And believe me, it is better to be by yourself than w/ bad company! On a good day I would say that people get married b/c they found their solemate, they are in love and that particular person is "the one" that complets them, you know like that last piece of a missing puzzle is found! They can't wait to "build" something together, to see little JR. or Junioret, walking around, blah, blah, blah... After all society still has it that after you complete your studies, or not, you find that right person, get married, buy the house w/ the white picket fence and have the 2.5 children... whatever that number might mean... I think it accounts for the dog or cat! The trick is how to stay married after all the goody goody times and attraction vanishes or calms down... My advice would be, marry your best friend... at least you know that if anything else goes a-wire... the conversation and companionship is still there.
  • Personally lonliness has less to do with it than finding womeone I love very much who together we are greater than the sum of our parts
  • Many reasons, it depends on the individual and their culture. In some cultures they still have arraigned marriages. For some it's a convenience, for some it's the need to have children for some it's just love. So there are many reasons and as long as the other person has the same agenda it can work. The problem with marriages is when the two do not have the same agenda and it is not know to the other person what that agenda is. Then there are real serious problems.....the old hidden agenda will sink a relationship really fast. The overly needy will do it too. Also the over emotional issue laden dysfunctional person will sabotage a relationship very quickly.
  • Because I wanted too
  • Many to start a family and share life's experiences.
  • Because they don't want to let the other go. And, it's nice to have someone you can lean on. We look to others for support and love. That's the way (most) human beings are.
  • love OD
  • Because they are masochist
  • Tax Exemptions!
  • It's a way of publicly expressing your love and committment to one another. It's not "necessary" for a successful long term relationship, but many people feel like it's a good step in officially beginning their lives together. Other people get married because their religion dictates that it's the thing to do. It also comes with some legal benefits, that don't happen if a couple remains unmarried.
  • Because they love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together. Also to hopefully start a family. Eyh who wants to be alone.
  • Marriage has a lot of benefits. First of all, many people believe it’s a prerequisite for our ultimate salvation, so that’s certainly going to play into it. Even without this belief, though, marriage is a means of showing an intense level of love for and commitment a person that you love. It forms an ostensibly stable, committed relationship that not only benefits the participants but also their offspring, who generally thrive in the knowledge of said stability. Furthermore, you get the incredible benefit of sharing everything with that person, up to and including yourself. There’s a *lot* to be said for that. Finally, there’s always the tax breaks, but if that’s the only reason you’re getting married, you should probably be rethinking things a bit. HTH!
  • Guiltless sex! LOL
  • To live happily ever after, like we're taught at childhood.
  • Two people get married to share their lives in an intimate way...Doesn't always work out, but...
  • That is like asking why fools fall in love - at least this FOOL fell in love AND marriage twice. But you know what Bush says --
  • marriage=love, that (-) the love is like making love to a hooker.... either way... it's there...
  • People get married for many reasons... you have to decide why you want to get married and hopefully your partner feels the same
  • People get married for many reasons: Some like the idea of commitment, othrs like the "big day" and Honeymoon, thinking life will be like that all the time..Some because they're pregnant. I think in a few decades, no one will get married.
  • It's halarious that people say married couples are BETTER off financially than single people. I've seen several single folks doing the damn thing are are living quite well for themselves. I slao know of some married couples who can't rub two pennies together. So, that's a bunch of crap.
  • be who you are and say what you feel. then when you find someone who can tolerate it and make you laugh when you cant stand yourself then youve got something to stand on. we are not looking for a person to complete your puzzle you need someone whose puzzle is as far along as yours is so you can finnish them together and may be when your done they will match and compliment one another but its never gonna work unless you find some one who is willing to be with you till you find all your peices and you dont wanna kill yourslf trying to help them find theirs
  • because you love the person and want to spend the rest of your lives together
  • i really don't know,,,,why do people still do it in this day and age,,,,,
  • Because they love each other. Is there any other reason.You want to be committed to each and this is a way of showing it. It let me know that my husband wanted me only. He told the world that when he married me. That really means something to me.
  • To keep divorce lawyers employed.
  • All of your stuff is already there?
  • I haven't the slightest fucking clue. I've had people sit me down and explain the whole concept of marriage and it just doesn't register with me! I don't get it!
  • Got tired of explaining that we weren't married. That and we were in love, Catholic, and pretty much liked having each other around.
  • Because some people need a legal contract to keep their girlfriend from dumping them? People every relationship has it's ups and downs and the bond of matrimony is that outside factor that can help you through the rough patches? You decide.

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