>>I myself do not have issue with people who want to be married. I just got back from KC where I went to my twin sister's wedding. For her and her husband it's great and obviously what they both wanted. For me it's an unnecessary symbol. I'm sure there are some tax benefits - but it defeats the purpose of a relationship when you change the dynamics of it for money. I'm not religious at all, so I feel no need to get validation from any priest or rabbi or anything like that. In my case I think I'm a better person for not being married. Lucky for me I have girlyfriend that is ok with not getting hitched.
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>To me, the point of being married is to declare to your family and friends (and, of course, to each other) that you're in it for the long haul. That is, that when things are bad, you'll work together to make them better rather than call it quits.
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>Tamar

That's the way it should work - but seeing how most of the friends and some of the family have been married more than once or are currently divorced that seems kind of pointless to me. I've been in relationships that lasted longer than some of these marriages.