I think marriage is a promise: a promise to your other half
that you would be there for him/her. Although it may seem like just another
legal document (as so many people divorce nowadays), to me, it had a much
deeper meaning in it. Like the vow people take in marriage, people promise to
be part of each other’s life. A marriage means a creation of a family. A couple
is a couple, even if they act as though they are married; they have made no
promise to each other. Their relationship may end any time and there will be no
consequences or responsibility.
When people marry, people are seeking for a belongingness
and trust. When two people bond together as husband and wife, they legally and
mentally belong to one another. I think the phrase “settling down with someone”
describe the feeling very well, because you are no longer trying to find your
other half. You move on to a new stage of life, which may involve a change in
lifestyle. When people get married, they loose part of their independence. In a
sense, they are no longer just themselves, because they have “another half”.
They give up a part of them for another person. In exchange, they get parts of
the other person to keep.
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