If you truly love your partner, does a ring and a ceremony really do anything? I
know there are certain legal situations where an official marriage changes who
has certain rights, but aren’t those same rights available if you make other
legally-official decisions E.G. a will or trusts, etc? I’m generally curious why
people get married beyond the “because I love them” when it costs so much money.
Marriage isn’t about love; that’s a peasant’s fantasy.
fwiw My family lore includes a story where my grandparents married because they were both poor but then my grandmother inherited a (hard clay) farm and needed someone to work it, and my grandfather didn’t mind marrying an older woman. I respect that!
but...
I can tell the post is in the voice of a noble I think from Game of Thrones so I guess it makes sense in that context.
fwiw My family lore includes a story where my grandparents married because they were both poor but then my grandmother inherited a (hard clay) farm and needed someone to work it, and my grandfather didn’t mind marrying an older woman. I respect that!
but...
I can tell the post is in the voice of a noble I think from Game of Thrones so I guess it makes sense in that context.