We got married because it was something we both believed in. We started for a baby 6 years ago and got engaged around the same time. Whichever came first suited us just fine. We had a beautiful day together and wouldnt wish for anything to be different. I love being married and my hubby is proud to call me his wife. To expand our little family now would just top it off
We got married because we wanted to. Why did we want to? Well, we wanted to cement our relationship. But for me, the cement was the engagement. For me, getting engaged was more important than being married. Engagement is the intention to spend the rest of your lives together, the wedding is just the piece of paper to prove it. We loved standing in front of our family and friends and having them witness our promises to each other. How did our relationship change? It didn't change at all. The only thing that changed for us was the rings we wore on our fingers and my last name. I am a massive fan of marriage
I wanted to get married as I felt, for me, that I needed that extra commitment. DH said he was always committed to me and know that should have been enough, but I needed that extra step. We only had move in together due to moving interstate, it would have been silly to try and set-up two homes. So we weren't living together due us wanting to be defacto (hope that makes sense). It is very easy to just move in with someone, which I had done in the past and same with friends. We were not planning on children, so having children played no part in wanting to be married.
Also a wedding, even if simple is something nice to do. I was bagged for having a wedding, should have just eloped, but I thought it was nicer to get family and friends together for a celebration rather than for a funeral, which seems to be the only other time family makes an effort.
From the first day I met my DH I wanted to be his wife I love being his wife and as someone said we are the ***** family. I did not necessarily want the wedding (we both hated organising it) but we wanted to be together for ever in the eyes of god, the law and our family.
I was actually quiet surprised about how important is was to me. I honestly think it has made us stronger.
I have never had any visions of getting married nor pre planned a wedding.
I do/did believe in the institution of marriage. My parents have one of the most solid marriages I have come across so that lays a great foundation of belief.
When I got with DH, I just wanted to marry him.
Actually I wanted to scream from the rooftops that he was the person I wanted to grow old with. I wanted to stand and declare that before my friends and family and before God. And have a great party to celebrate that.
Initially it didn't change our relationship. Children did that more, but as you grow together, comfort and contentness I think add to it's value.
DH and I have been together since we were 13. What started out as the usual awkward/cute high school romance grew into something more serious, and over the years our relationship matured as we did. By the time we turned 18 we'd been together for over five years and getting engaged/married felt like the natural next step. We got married the day before I turned 20. Like others have said, it didn't change our relationship... though our relationship has continued to evolve and change as the years go on. Having DS changed things more than marriage, that's for sure!
We're now in our 12th year as a couple, and 6th year as a married couple .
Because we wanted to and it felt right for us. We didn't want to have kids without being married, but that wasn't our reason for doing it when we did. We just wanted to cement it, make it real for everyone else around us. And it somehow made things a little sweeter, nicer. I found it is different, not the love or how you feel about each other, but the feeling I had about me. We were together for almost six years when we got married, lived together for four before the wedding and we've been married for six. DD came along just before our forth anniversary.
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