My impression is many people marry because it’s a social status gesture to their partner, to make this big symbolic gesture of love, that they grew up seeing adults do it, so they internalise it as a thing to do just cus.
@stuart_otterson I would assume the main reason would just be that unmarried couples don’t get the same legal rights or benefits as married ones. That can end up being really fucky if one of them is badly injured or dies.
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