Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet. Shame on all of you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2m6sHROA3U
Anyway, I'm with Kichi. Marriage was formed to create financial and social contracts. If you don't believe me, I can go scan my great-grandparent's wedding contract next time I'm at my mum's, although it's all written in Hebrew so I guess it's moot. The troubadours evolved because love wasn't anywhere in the marriage equation and "courtly love" was an answer to it.
After joining the local atheist group down here, I was exposed to all sorts of relationships: polygamous and otherwise. People seem happy, healthy, and we all work together quite well. I don't know what about "marriage" there is to believe in. I was very happy being the single chick until I met David, and wouldn't have become his girlfriend for less than how I feel about him and the fact that he's one of the few people in my life whose presence doesn't annoy the fuck out of me no matter how long he's around, and what separates him from that crowd is the fact that I WANT him around even when he's gone. I guess for the sake of benefits or inheritance (we're not interested in kids) it would be cool to get married, but I don't even want a ceremony - I'd rather elope somewhere nice.
So far it's our habit to celebrate every month of staying together as two commit-a-phobes who decided to try committing to someone after years of being single. I doubt being "married" would change anything about our behaviors other than having a combined checking account and the type of relationship jokes we make. If you ask me, maturation and age are better change mechanisms than some silly, over-priced ceremony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2m6sHROA3U
Anyway, I'm with Kichi. Marriage was formed to create financial and social contracts. If you don't believe me, I can go scan my great-grandparent's wedding contract next time I'm at my mum's, although it's all written in Hebrew so I guess it's moot. The troubadours evolved because love wasn't anywhere in the marriage equation and "courtly love" was an answer to it.
After joining the local atheist group down here, I was exposed to all sorts of relationships: polygamous and otherwise. People seem happy, healthy, and we all work together quite well. I don't know what about "marriage" there is to believe in. I was very happy being the single chick until I met David, and wouldn't have become his girlfriend for less than how I feel about him and the fact that he's one of the few people in my life whose presence doesn't annoy the fuck out of me no matter how long he's around, and what separates him from that crowd is the fact that I WANT him around even when he's gone. I guess for the sake of benefits or inheritance (we're not interested in kids) it would be cool to get married, but I don't even want a ceremony - I'd rather elope somewhere nice.
So far it's our habit to celebrate every month of staying together as two commit-a-phobes who decided to try committing to someone after years of being single. I doubt being "married" would change anything about our behaviors other than having a combined checking account and the type of relationship jokes we make. If you ask me, maturation and age are better change mechanisms than some silly, over-priced ceremony.
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