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April 13, 2006, 8:59 am PDT
It is real to me..........
Quote From: qwerty_1I find it both very amusing and very frustrating as to America's perception of marriage these days. Marriage is an issue of the heart and not a signature on a "license" or a "tax" form. If you are living together--sleeping together--sharing together etc. YOU are married! Marriage IS NOT government or church issued. In the United States you are not officially alive unless you have a "birth certificate"-- not officially dead without a "death certificate" and not offically "married" without a "marriage license" and that is about the goofyest thing I have ever heard in my life. You get a license to drive a car not to sleep with your husband or wife! MARRIAGE is a heart/life choice as is DIVORCE. Lawyers, preachers and judges just love the game and its all rather pathetic. Be good to one another...........
My boyfriend and I have been dating for 7 years. We have a very strong relationship- in every aspect. People often say to us "wow, you are so in love-I can see it when your together and when you apart" We are not married, not engaged- we are simply boyfriend and girlfriend by law. By heart he is my husband. My life long partner, best friend & soul mate. Unfortunately, his family doesn't recognize us as a real partnership because we haven't stood in front of 150 people and said "I do" and signed a piece of paper. Because we have not had gone though this tradition my name does not appear on wedding invitation ( I am "guest") nor am I included in any planning of any event or occasion, or included in family photos. This especially hurts my feelings when My boyfriends' siblings partners (who are engaged and one is married) are included and they have only been apart of the family for 1 year. I think I will never get the respect I deserve unless I have a ring on my finger. It is hard to not want the wedding and make it "official" by law, by government, by God, and by family.
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