Do you want to get married or just prefer "living-in" with a partner?

i am single and i always dream of getting married and not just living in. You are right in there that getting married is a commitment. I would always believe that there is assurance in marriages compared to living in wherein both parties are free to hurt and leave each other anytime they want.

hi, i would definitely going to marriage. for marriage is a insurance for women i think. when girls get old, it is not their right to choose who live with. at that time, life-partner would seek a more younger girl. and if no marriage, so what about the kid? never a kid in life? that would be a pity in a woman's life.

I am married and although I realise that a couple does not need to have a marriage certificate in order to love each other and be happy, I prefer for us to be a family and for me to have the same surname as my daughter and husband. I think that any serious relationship requires commitment for it to work regardless of marriage or not. At the end of the day it is up to the couple to decide how important getting married is to them. If the relationships breaks down the emotional pain is the same; it is just the legalities that would be less complicated.

I used to think that moving in together was a great idea... So that we can know each other better. So we moved in together and been that way for nearly 5 years... Well, getting married was the best idea after all!

hello seekers, At first, I wanted to have a life of being married because we can live together and take care of each other, but the difference is that i don't want to get married immediately because i wanted to see if she and I can live with out not too much commitment.

I am a single and always worried about marriage. If I have the option, I prefer the live-in roomate rather than bonding with the name of marriage with a guy. People always say that Marriage is the grave of love and I trust the principle. Once you get married, love is not existed and only left the responsibiliey. Carrying a baby for sure, and then striving for the life. What is the life meaning for if then? As a matter of fact, life is not that bad that we need to suffer that kind of style. I love freedom, alternative live-in is the fashional style that it takes time to be acceptted by the social people. Hope that someday I can get rid of the social bonding of the marriage concept and take mine.

I still prefer getting married rather than living-in. I'm a devoted Roman Catholic and I do believe that couples should have church blessing. It is as important as parent's blessings.=)

I think it's good to live with a person for a year or two before getting married, to see how compatible you are. You don't want to get married and find out a year or two later that there are things about the person's living habits that you can't live with, or worse yet, that cause you to grow to hate them. I'm living with someone now, and there are things about living with them that I never could have known by just dating and living apart. But, on the other hand, I do believe that marriage is a good idea once you know whether you're compatible or not. Sure, there's no guarantee that a marriage won't go south down the road, but I think there's something to be said for someone saying that they want to make that commitment to you. If you're living together, there's already going to be things to settle before you split up (dividing of assets, maybe selling the home or buying the person out, etc, possible custody arrangements for any children).