Is marriage a necessary one? why we can't live without a family? Who has created this family system?
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Being married increases your lifespan by about 15 years.
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Yes, marriage is the foundation of the family,\nfamily is the foundation of society,
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family is the basic unit of society. Unless this all-important building block is healthy and unified, society itself cannot be healthy and unified. Monogamous marriage stands at the foundation of family life.\nmarriage is "a fortress for well-being and salvation."
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How about marrying a woman with more than one husband? I could benefit from my brothers, have plenty of time for myself, have plenty of help in caring for my children, but I might have to wait for alone time. \nCheck out the social heirarchy of gorilla packs and chimp tribes. Other primates have this sort of arrangement too, so its definately a part of our social anscestry.
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That is a very tough question. I am sure most people will have a very hard time answering it. However, as a single mother of 4 children, this one is easy for me. I would save my child. Even if I had a spouse, I think I would save my child. They are the future and without them, we are nothing. Plus, my children are a part of me. I helped create them. There is a bond that can never be broken. However, I find this to be a very awful question for anyone to have to answer. What made you think of such a question? I am very interestd to know.
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The basic unit of any society is a husband and wife.  \n\nThey contribute children, which continues our culture into the next generation.  Any society that isn't predicated on the principle of 'women and children first' is doomed to extinction.
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I was a kid in the 40's and 50's and it was a strong family society.  Marriage was a commitment for life.  Today, people live together and have sex before marriage, have children out of marriage, depend on the Government to take care of them, and have no strong ties with other family members.  Education is down the tubes.  Kids leave school without being able to read, write and spell; look at the "Answer" question and answers sometimes.  If we don't stop the illegal immigration we will have a group of illiterate adults who have no skills to do the technological jobs.  If we don't stop the growth of the Government, we will have more than half the people working for the other half.  Society has changed from when I was a boy and it is scary.  I think we are headed in the wrong direction socially.
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our species was never designed to be faithful.\n\nbefore we had a moral society, just like the animal kingdom, mans prioity was to survive and to produce as many kids as possible with as many different partners. 'spread his seed'\n\nhaving said that i have always stayed faithful
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You should have as many children as you can afford, both with your health and money.  I know of families with 12 children and they are great.  I have seen families with 1 or 2 and there is a lot of selfishness with them.  \n\nMy magic number is 10, but if it would be more, then that would be great too.  I know I could afford it.  I just need a wife who would also go along with it, and of course we would work together on everything.
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Sometimes.  But mostly because we need love and companionship just like everyone.  We could probably get this without being married but the committment of marriage makes us feel stable.
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No you don't need  an already made family especially if you are young & never been married
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I used to believe it was quite archaic. I always believed in love, and considered it the prime motivaton for marriage. I believed it was the couples sole decision, and no other enity should be involved.  However, as time progessed, my feelings have changed.  In AMERICA, the divorce rate is 50%.  Somethings wrong with the system. I'm rethinking the idea of planned marriages.  They seem to last quite a bit longer.
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YES. but if I had to do without one, it would be the money, because... can't buy me love, and my health is important.\nSome things can not be bought. In fact the most important things can not be purchased.\nIn fact I have married for both love and lust, but never for money, which would make me a (rhymes with poor, starts with an H sound) and that is one more thing you can't buy, your self respect.\n\nToilet paper and botled water is nice, though, and since we as a society have progressed beyond using leaves and streams to take care of these matters, one must have money also.\n\nLeaves and streams still beats no love or lust though, because you can always leave the forest and get a job.\n\nOf course everyone's priorities are different.\nSome parents would eat their own young for 100 bucks.\nThere is a link to a 'love or money' test at the bottom of the sources list below that will help you to determine for yourself just how much love and money mean to you in your relationships.
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I think if you marry without love you are cheating yourself and your spouse. It is not fair to either of you. Marriage is not about who your parents think is best for you. Marriage is about love, trust, honesty, lust...all that good stuff. Sure you can marry someone you don't love, but you would never know how beautiful life can be when you have someone you love.
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Trial marriage? Like shacking up? The only reason I can see that you'd need a trial marriage is if you're not sure about the person you're contemplating marrying. And if that's so, you shouldn't be contemplating marriage anyway. There is no need to shack up before marriage.
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I think it has to do with devoting your entire life to one, single other person.  I mean, marriage involves living together, children (not always), monogamy, putting someone before you... these are, like, the hardest things human beings do.  You have to be unselfish, which is why so many marriages don't last.  You don't have to do any of this kind of stuff when you're single or dating, becuase you don't have anything invested in it-- there aren't any binds.  Unhappy?  Go find another, start over.  Married and unhappy?  It takes work.  Marriage assumes hardship, and knowing that someone is ready to make every sacrifice for you is extraordinarily special.
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What for? They are companions that understand what a relationship needs. Both have money and enterprises to take care of. Probably marriage for them is just a paper and for people as independent (in many ways) is not necessary a husband or wife to feel happy and/or complete.