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piyuv@lemmy.world 6 months ago
When you’re marrying someone you’re usually not like “lets try this and see where it goes” (that’s called dating), you’re more like “till death do us part” so yes, divorce is failure more often than not. Ending a relationship, not so much
laughingsquirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
I can understand your perspective, but I want to offer an alternative view, maybe less bound to societal preconceptions. I married my partner for many reasons, financial, wanting to raise a child together, wanting to share my life with them… But staying married for the rest of our lives is a crazy concept for us. The marriage has its purposes, but we both know that life can change and that we could decide that we had a good time, and that now the time has come to move on. A marriage is less romanticised for us, it has practical reasons. I guess being polyamorous helps with defining new relationship ideas on many levels ;)
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So then why did you get married at all? Fun?
trainden@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 6 months ago
None of those reasons require marriage, so it’s not a satisfying reason.
Bahnd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Taxes alone is a valid reason. So long as there are social, financial and legal benifits to the institution then there is no argument to have. If you feel that love or religion is a requirment that I feel your concept of marraige is outdated.
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No, you are a misunderstanding me. The post I’m replying to was acting as if they had some new wisdom from being polyamorous and their perspective on marriage. But it sounds like they’re just using it as a business move which is something a lot of non polyamorous people do as well, and nothing new. I wasn’t asking what reasons could possibly exist to get married outside of romance or whatever you’re talking about, I was asking SPECIFICALLY THEM why they bothered. But it seems the only actual reason they have is taxes, despite their diatribe.
Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So your partner is contractually obligated to stay with you of course!
seejur@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In a lot of animal species, relationships are lifelong. For most of their history, humans had life long marriages in all corners of the world. Why are you calling it "a crazy concept "?