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45 responses | 1 vote

Apr 6, 2008 5:31:30 AM cite

Does marriage really bring happiness?

by carolea

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Jun 5, 2008 3:35:45 AM cite

Marriage will only bring happiness if you and your spouse are already happy. If the relationship is not the best to begin with, marriage isn't going to make it any better. Adding variables to a problem doesn't make it easier to solve.

by danny boy

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May 28, 2008 6:19:20 AM cite

Marriage can bring happiness, but that's not really what it is all about. Happiness is a fleeting emotion, and does not last through hard times. What marriage ultimately brings through all the good times and bad is the joy of love and being together, which lasts much longer then happiness.

by knowledgeseeker56

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May 27, 2008 6:41:23 PM cite

No, Marriage is simply a legal union of two people. Marriage has nothing to do with Love Happiness or anything else. Two people in a relationship will find Love for each other, happiness with each other, and satisfication in that relationship, and then decide to marry. Marriage is usually the last step in stating to everyone else "We are a couple and are happy to be together." If, as in years past, the marriage was arranged, the two people come together and again Love and Happiness have nothing to do with it, but that will usually develop later. What brings happiness is a relationship with Love, respect, and a special kind of Freedom, not Marriage.

by thedoc

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May 27, 2008 12:01:48 PM cite

For me it is because the statement "I marry you" sets the other free. Free to trust, free to develop, free to love, free to be, free to live. Marriage is not a limitation, its a future, a base of a realistic home. So yes, marriage brings happiness, when it sets you free in the way i wrote.

by matthiaw

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May 22, 2008 8:33:36 AM cite

Only you can make you happy. No one else can do this for you. You can be happy because of love (not the same as marriage), but you still have to work for it.

by divadrummer

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May 19, 2008 10:02:52 AM cite

marriage can bring happiness depending on the trust and love that two people can share. if there's no trust, how can two people understand each other? how they will face the different obstacles that will come into their lives? love is also an important matter in marriage. sometimes, it puts you into a harm because of obsession. if two person reunites as one, they can bring happiness if trust and love are their priorities.

by lovablecarla

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May 18, 2008 8:34:52 AM cite

It actually depends on both of your lifestyles. You both have to like each other a lot before you marry each other. Let's take this scenario. Let's say you, and your partner are both... "wanderers." You wander the Earth without any permanent place of residence, but only to enjoy the freedom you have. This is not the same as homeless. (well you are homeless, but you're not unhappy with it.) If you both are wanderers and you like similar things but disagree on some things, that's fine. You probably will have a wonderful life. However, if you have more disagreements than agreements, no.

by odinthecrab

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May 1, 2008 12:00:46 AM cite

I think the key word here is "ugly"...so just to define it as an ugly life, I would say going through your life straight to the end without making any stops and leaving a good mark.

by Nash79

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Apr 22, 2008 8:15:14 PM cite

My husband has brought me great happiness. We married formally because his family and the society we lived in would not have been comfortable with our just living together. For both of us our marriage was in our hearts and that was enough. But when we did the formal marriage this solidified our relationship. I felt a peace afterwards and a security due to the commitment. When our relationship was formalized through marriage others around us also became more supportive of every thing we wanted to accomplish. Our relationship has been very loving over the 30 years we've been together. In my husband's arms I am at home. My husband is still my sweetheart, my partner and my support. I try to be as good as him, but he is really my better half.

by nimaplant

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Apr 11, 2008 7:18:05 AM cite

We are getting married. it is a marriage of two minds and two souls. We will be happier thanks to the safety of our marriage. Thanks to the fact that it is a social institution that will allow other people recognize us as the beloved. and thereby, our love will be sheltered within our marriage. The question to ask might rather be: What is marriage? What forms can it take? How can it be viewed? How is it viewed in different cultures?

by vallenthorn

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Apr 11, 2008 8:03:48 PM cite

This is beautiful, classic, eternal.... does it ever really happen?

by wonderer

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Apr 9, 2008 4:15:11 AM cite

Only you can bring happiness to your own life, only you can endeavor to bring happiness to a relationship. It is your choice as an individual to be joyful of miserable about your existance. If you expect happiness to come from outside sources you are trully pathetic, and will be doomed to a sad life, and be unfit for social relationships. Happiness must come from within, and then will be shown towards others.

by thedoc

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Apr 8, 2008 10:07:06 PM cite

the world would be a lot happier, isn't it?

by Rudolf Dangl

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Apr 8, 2008 9:41:20 PM cite

It brings happiness if you have married the right person! ..and both of you have love and faith for each other...otherwise...marriage is like a pain which gets traiggered now and then.

by sctisha

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