Married Japanese offer up a ranking of the reasons they ended up getting hitched, supplying a surprisingly romantic selection.
1. You wanted to live together
2. You thought you needed a partner
3. You felt you had reached the right age for marriage
4. You would have regretted letting your partner go for the rest of your life
5.You wanted to appease your parents
6. You’d been dating a while and felt it was time
7. You thought your partner needed you
8. You wanted to protect your partner
9. You wanted children
10. You ended up with children
Those wondering what happened to all the pecuniary motivations need look no further than “14. You saved enough to get married,” “15. Your income increased” and “20. Your income decreased.”
Those conducting the ranking appear to have been too diplomatic to offer “You wanted your partner’s income” or “You wanted to stop working” – other surveys seem to suggest these are fairly major motivators…
#1 reason: “You realize you aren’t getting any younger and that you aren’t exactly a grand prize yourself so you had better settle for what you can get.”
Love = Marriage is overatted, its sad though the love doesnt include in marriage.
Hell i married so i can buy a friggin house. A bachelor cant buy a house(apartment) until he is 35 years old… farking government!
Going through the motions in the holy name of love as usual.
But at least the next generation will come.
Whole institution of marriage is outdated and unpractical for todays environment. After all, it was created thousands of years ago.
Originally, people married at what, 12? 13? Then died in their earlier 30s? Not to mention, life was much harder then…
Outdated religous concept that just makes lawyers rich when it doesn’t work out.