But...but... I want a pagan-like, ancient/medieval Scottish ceremony in a forest with a druid! . Wife dresses up in those white, long dresses with flowers on her head and ****. I wear a kilt cuz it's badass and I have long hair cuz I just do anyway. We later take our clothes off and make lurve. It's all about the RP.
Seriously though, I don't really care about the papers and formalities if that's what you mean by marriage. I want to be in a committed life-long relationship if possible and that means marriage whether it's official and legal, whether you had a big fancy ceremony or not. I want the legal thing but it's not really required, it shows commitment and that you take this affair seriously. But it's not really needed.
I have my parents to blame for this. They've been married for like 30 years and although they have had loads of arguments, fights and so on they still are together.
I find that so beautiful, I envy and want it for myself .
For one, I really don't like the idea of either waiting a long time for that one lifetime partner or getting into a lifelong relationship young as things change substantially. For five, I really hate the idea of spending 40-44 years in and out of relationships that are bound to end. I'd rather spend 10-15 years doing a combination of dating and being single and then dating/marrying a lifelong partner.
I know many couples who have been married successfully for 30+ years so my parents aren't the only ones but they're the closest to me and the biggest influence obviously.
I think the figure is 50% but it doesn't matter. 50, 60, it's still a scary number. So I know what I'm getting into I just don't think it has to be as morbid as you describe it.
i can't imagine being in a 10 year relationship and only having a year of being single before commiting yourself to a new relationship, then doing it again and again and again. that person needs mental health counseling. so basically the first one.
I would say one, but that depends on that one person at the end of the day and what they are like. Right now I would want to stay in the relationship i'm in now forever, but nothing good last forever, sadly....