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Originally posted by Eric_aka_RedEyes
I guess the question here is do you have to be married to have this happiness? Or is it more like Amp's situation where happiness can be found anywhere and it is built between the people and not the paperwork.
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Well, marriage is more than paperwork. Unfortunately the state has gotten its hands into it, and thus it is sullied.
Marriage is a ceremony of commitment, it is two people making a divine promise to eachother. I don't think marriage in a technical sense is necessary no...neither I guess is the ceremony. However honoring it and proclaiming it to thoes you care for I think is...I know wmany people who have been married in wiccan or otherwise "Pagan" ceremonies...no paperwork or much of the hoopla traditionally expected of a marriage.
However, think of it this way...why is it about the act of marriage that puts you off? Meaning, do you feel marriage is the trap? Or the commitment part of it? I got into it with Labret the other night and we touched on this subject...if marriage or the commitment of it seems like a huge loss of personal freedom to you...then...maybe its not for you.