How IMPORTANT is marriage to you? And what does it mean to you?

I'd love to be married....It's quite important.

What does it mean? For me it is a matter of personal fulfillment ... I deeply believe it was something I was made for - to be committed to, to care for, and to honor another for life.

I think its not taken seriously these days, I myself would love to get married to a woman that has the same mindset as mine as far as whats really important in life.

What it means to me is when two people come together for the betterment of eachother.

maybe im young and naive but I dont think a marriage should be work I think each person should make the others life as easy as possible.

Very important--I don't know where I would be in this world, if it were not for Mrs. Thayfen. I never thought I'd get married, ...then, I didn't expect to live past twenty-five.

Marriage has added purpose to my life...it's not the money, the things...it's what you do with your time on this planet, and whom you do your time with...

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"Sure, the Son will forgive you; yet it is the Father who will judge..."

It's heartening to read some truly wonderful comments on this thread from the men... this sums it up very nicely methinks:
"...it's what you do with your time on this planet, and whom you do your time with..."

I love being married about 80 per cent of the time. I reserve the other 20% for when we get annoyed with each other and start to think "what would it be like to be single?" Then I remember and I fall back to the 80%

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Originally posted by Blacksanction:
I love being married about 80 per cent of the time. I reserve the other 20% for when we get annoyed with each other and start to think "what would it be like to be single?" Then I remember and I fall back to the 80%

You ain't never lied.

MARRIAGE CAN BE A WONDERFUL THING, AND A MISERABLE TING. IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU MAKE THE MARRIAGE WORK. ALL MARRIAGES TAKES TIME, LOVE, TRUST, AND COMMUNICATION. WORK ON ALL FOUR.

Peace...

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How IMPORTANT is marriage to you? And what does it mean to you?

Marriage can be very important, or very insignificant. depends on the people, and the purpose.

Some of us marry solely to find a companion, others marry because they are in love, others marry beause they are ready to settle down...so forth and so on.

When a marriage is erected upon shaky reasoning, more than likely it will come crumbling down.

the important thing is to marry someone who shares a similiar world view. This way the marriage will have meaning, and purpose. Every marriage needs direction. With direction, love, and respect...marriage can be wonderful....and very important for the community at large. On the other hand, these fly by the seat of your pants arrangements, are not really that important..and can actually be damaging.



Kai

marriage is overrated...

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Originally posted by RadioRaheem:
marriage is overrated...

...don't knock it till you've tried it.
or have you already....

I concur with all the sentiments...

But I still believe that for a marriage to truly be successful that each person in the marriage acknowledges a higher power as a guide for their union

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Originally posted by MidLifeMan:
I concur with all the sentiments...

But I still believe that for a marriage to truly be successful that each person in the marriage acknowledges a higher power as a guide for their union

So, I guess my happy marriage is doomed?

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So, I guess my happy marriage is doomed

No. A non belief in a higher power doesn't mean it is "doomed". That's why I said truely successful.

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Originally posted by MidLifeMan:

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So, I guess my happy marriage is doomed

No. A non belief in a higher power doesn't mean it is "doomed". That's why I said truely successful.

How are you defining truly?

God has nothing to do with marriage or there would not be all these religions with rules about divorce.
It takes 2 "mature" adults to make a marriage work. You can talk to God all day but if you fail to communicate with your spouse your marriage will fail.