If Marriage Didn't Exist...

faceman

If marriage didn't exist, what would you do instead or what would you replace it with? (And why)

frag420

faceman wrote: »

If marriage didn't exist, what would you do instead or what would you replace it with? (And why)

Starve....

The Master

faceman wrote: »

If marriage didn't exist, what would you do instead or what would you replace it with? (And why)

Happiness

Senna

I'd be out of work.

AlanS181824

The gays would still be looking for equality!

Nonsense I tells ya!

*Joking of course, Marriage Equality all the way :pac:

downwesht

The Rose of Tralee.Simple!

groucho marx

It would make no difference

Manach

... then neither would a stable society, of which the marriage family is a bed-rock. Writers such as Theodore Dalrymple have chronicled their own professional experiences in the UK's inner cities where the state's reforms have made marriage both rare and disadvantageous. The amount of ruined families and inter-generational welfare dependency would suggest that without the glue that marriage provides, then life (to paraphrase) becomes nasty, brutal and short.

xElDeeX

I think for a lot of people life already goes on as if there is no marriage. They have relationships, kids, jobs, social lives and are members of the community without marriage being part of that equation.
It's not that it's irrelevant for everyone but it is now something that can be taken or left by many in a way that would not have been possible even twenty years ago.

Dolbert

faceman wrote: »

If marriage didn't exist, what would you do instead or what would you replace it with? (And why)

It'd have to be replaced with some sort of legal contract to secure next-of-kin rights, child guardianship, inheritance etc. So marriage basically

riclad

I think the main purpose of marriage now is to give you pension rights,
rights of inheritance, maybe certain tax credits ,
eg if you are married you have a claim on the family home,
whether you are on the deeds or not,
and it may give rights to children if you have them.
And maybe benefits in terms of insurance policys .

IF you ignore those rights, then there,s no logical reason to get married .
some married people have no children and live in rental accomodation.

if you want to ignore religion, just get married in a registry office.

Marriage is a legal contract,
thats why you need to go to court to formally end it.
And even after getting divorce you may be obliged to pay financial support to your partner ,for years or decades if your income is higher than yours.

solomafioso

"we got to get the government in on this sh*t.."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXpsT3e8UsM

The Backwards Man

There would be no mother-in-law jokes.

Fcuk that for craic.

Annasopra

Manach wrote: »

... then neither would a stable society,

And this really makes the conservative opposition on extending marriage to same gender couples in a deeply ironic position. I mean on the one hand they claim marriage creates a stable society. On the other they want to reinforce instability by excluding same gender couples from the institution.

DrGreenthumb

If it never existed I'm sure the church would have come with some other way extort/control people

PizzamanIRL

The Backwards Man wrote: »

There would be no mother-in-law jokes.

Fcuk that for craic.

Fcuk you mother-in-laws crack.

No.

For Forks Sake

Manach wrote: »

... then neither would a stable society, of which the marriage family is a bed-rock. Writers such as Theodore Dalrymple have chronicled their own professional experiences in the UK's inner cities where the state's reforms have made marriage both rare and disadvantageous. The amount of ruined families and inter-generational welfare dependency would suggest that without the glue that marriage provides, then life (to paraphrase) becomes nasty, brutal and short.

Wut?

Chucken

DrGreenthumb wrote: »

If it never existed I'm sure the church would have come with some other way extort/control people

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread institution embraced by the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans. But back then, marriage had little to do with love or with religion.

biko

Can I still have 4 girlfriends?

catallus

The real question is why we can't marry more than one person.

krudler

Manach wrote: »

... then neither would a stable society, of which the marriage family is a bed-rock. Writers such as Theodore Dalrymple have chronicled their own professional experiences in the UK's inner cities where the state's reforms have made marriage both rare and disadvantageous. The amount of ruined families and inter-generational welfare dependency would suggest that without the glue that marriage provides, then life (to paraphrase) becomes nasty, brutal and short.

So marriage is the bestest thing ever then, except for the icky gays. Cos ew and stuff.

DrGreenthumb

biko wrote: »

Can I still have 4 girlfriends?

only if they're made out of mahogany

P_1

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

And this really makes the conservative opposition on extending marriage to same gender couples in a deeply ironic position. I mean on the one hand they claim marriage creates a stable society. On the other they want to reinforce instability by excluding same gender couples from the institution.

Because there's no babies involved that were introduced to the family by their approved methods in same sex relationships

They want families but only families that fit their very narrow definition of what a family should be.

The Purveyor of Truth

Drive by the school yard and call all the kids bastards.

Not everyday but enough that it would have to be brought up at a local community meeting.

MistyCheese

If there were no marriage then what Mr. Cheese and I did last night would be very dirty indeed! :eek: But we're a boring old married couple so it's not.

catallus

What did ye do?!

MistyCheese

That's between meself, himself and 176 of my closest Facebook friends.

catallus

Did it involve chocolate mousse?

Chucken

catallus wrote: »

Did it involve chocolate mousse?

...or a normal moose?

Buona Fortuna

Beans on Toast and internet porn.