Why is it that couples think they have to get married if the women is pregnant?
595906
they are probably brought up to believe that thats what is supposed to happen...but if couples marry and they arent getting along or there are problems and ur expecting a baby... that wont bring u closer ...it sometimes brings u further apart... i am a single mother raising a toddler now... and better off due to not marrying my xbf.. im happier and my son is happy and healthy and now my xbf wants nothing to do with either of us... it would have been worse going thru a divorce and custody battle... so couples should really think about what is best for the long run and for their child but dont get married or stay together if it is JUST for ur kids... u need to be happy also
364596
PEOPLE GET MARREID FOR DEFFERENT REASON'S SOME IS MONEY MINES WAS LOVE. I WANTED A FAMILY BUT I DID NOT WANT TO BE SOMEBODY'S BABY'MAMA SO I GOT MARRIED AT THE TIME I DID NOT WANT ANY KIDS BUT THEY CAME OUT OF THE MARRIAGE. I ALSO DID NOT WANT TO LIVE IN SIN I ALREADY GOT A HISTORY OF SIN I DID NOT WANT THAT TO BE ONE OF THEM. BUT ALL IN ALL MARRIAGE IS ACCEPTING THE THINGS THAT SOME ONE CAN NOT CHANGE AND IF YOU CAN LOVE THE PERSON FOR WHO THEY ARE INSIDE THEN GO FOR IT.
389513
I totally agree with you- they should make some sort of rules or make the wife's have a damn good reason about the getting pregant to begin with- pregnancy is not a mistake and baby's arn't exactly cheap or a pet. I give people credit- they are definatly not stupid enough to not know what birth control and condoms are, they are getting pregant for a reason because most of them have like 3 or 4 kids. I mean how can you have 3 or 4 kids by mistake? You'd think they'd learn the first time, but then again I guess the more kids they pop out the more they get from welfare. I know someone who uses her kids as an excuse not to get a job, go to college or even to get her liscence~! I don't know why she claims she cares about those kids if she can't even drive them to the ER if something happens to them!  But yet she can get married- I was about to ask her how she can A) afford it and B) how can you? remember you have kids? She wanted me to help with some of the expenses too- and I don't think that is my place. I totally argree with you on that 100% and I think the government understands there's ALOT of cases of this happening- so why won't they enforce some rules? But then again- it's like asking to bring our gas prices down again. America Land of the Free.
232364
you dont get married just to have kids. you get married because you found someone you want to share your life with and making a committment to do so forever.
427360
When she is your wife. You ready to be a daddy? Instead of thinking of all the good things that come from sex with an unwed partner think of the bad things. She gets prgnant now your getting married and haveing to support a family? ready for that? I got pregnant 2 times using 99% proven birthcontrol. That 1%  is there for a reason.
1175714
Unlike what the previous person said, the logics are not opposite - in the case of pregancy (except in cases of rape), the woman made the choice to have sex (ie her body is her own).  I don't know who wasn't paying attention in health class, but pregnancy is a natural consequence of sex.\n\nAs such, women who are not old enough, responsible enough, or financially able to support a child should not be having sex.\n\nThis holds true for men as well, by the way...\n\nFurthermore, suppose a man and woman have sex and the woman becomes pregnant.  She can choose to have an abortion, even if the man wants to be a father, or she can choose to have the child, in which case the man is financially responsible for her child, even if he wanted her to have an abortion.  He has no say whatsoever in the fate of his child under our current system, and that's wrong.
539059
Unfortunately, under Ohio law if the wife is pregnant, a married couple cannot get divorced until the baby is born. It doesn't even matter if she is pregnant by the husband or someone else!
164672
There is a state or two that no matter what the age of the people if the bride is pregnant or has a child they can get married without parents knowing about it.
623165
There are many reasons why some couples prefer marriage as opposed to just living together, probably the main reason is the ingrained religious idea that living together without marriage is 'living in sin' and any off spring are considered to be 'bastards' (born out of wedlock)!\nThese outmoded religious ideas are now 'going out of the window' along with superstitious religious thoughts and beliefs. A couple living together have exactly the same legal rights as any married couple.\n'Bastard' no longer has the same stigma as it used to have(who really cares if your friends parents were married or not)!\nTimes are rapidly changing, and for the better as far as I am concerned.
954792
According to today's moral standards many people think it's not necessary to be married when having children. But I disagree. A marriage means stability. It means commitment between two people. If they really love each other it should not be a problem to be married. My personal opinion is that couples who don't want to get married are just not that into each other and should therefore not have children.
538294
Yes. Otherwise, couples would go their seperate ways when things got hard, instead of making it work. Marriage is a rational decision you make to be with 1 person, even if it gets hard. Think about a world full of broken homes, with only one parent. That would be reality without marriage.
696137
I don't think people get married to stop each other from sleeping around .I think they get married because they love each other.
477587
The really cool camera shot of the puzzled look you get from the girl, pregnant, unmarried, scratching her head and saying ... "But they said that when you waited until after you got married, that's when you got pregnant!"\n\n(If you don't think that's logical... that's how kids hear things!).
958514
No, this is just what society expects of all women to get married and have children. So if you are not ready then don't do it, and stop being so concerned with what others think of your choices. They are not taking care of you, so who cares what they think. God bless****
265162
A couple theories here.Decades ago as unromantic as it sounds, women had more things to tie them to a marriage. Along with love, women usually weren't highly educated as they are today and most likely did not work out of the house. They were financially dependent on the husband.Also they had kids early in the marriage which solidified that bind even more. In todays society we are go-getters, we are educated, more often than not women are out there making the money and don't need the man to provide for them. WE also take responsibility for our reproduction and sexuality. We decide when we are ready to have a baby and don't just do it out of pressure to start a family. Also, women have more access to birth control methods that werent advertised decades ago.So sometimes we aren't as dependent on the man and have a desire to get out of the marriage and have the resources to actually do it. Also, marriages tend to last shorter because divorce has become more acceptable in our society. Not like decades before when you were looked at like scum if you had a divorce. Several reasons that marriages don't last. But there are always the ones that stand the test of time. I love my husband and would like to say our marriage will be the one that does last but in the society we live in today you just never ever know.
438043
Those that have kids first...feel they HAVE to get married, while those that get married first, then have kids...actually WANTED to get married....
1143354
She isn't pregnant. That is just speculation. They always assume if there is a little bump that someone is pregnant and half of the time that's not the case.