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Summary of Question:	Marriage
Category:	Love & Marriage
Date Posted:	Tuesday, 6/27/2006 11:07 AM MDT

why do have to get married when your a boy and a girl together,when you know you love each other,and why do you need a ring to show your love to one another.What is the big deal I mean I think just to show he/she you love them is as if you just say I love you with my hole heart I mean it is that easy,and if people think love is about getting married than why dont they get married do you get what im saying because sometimes things just dont work out.like if somebody was 10 and loved somebody they would not get married,that is why I think love is not getting married.

Love,
anel
p.s.amen

(REPLY) Sat nam. Well, many people have decided that they don't have to get married if they "love" each other. Sorry, it simply doesn't work out that way! Getting married is making a commitment -- let me repeat that -- MAKING A COMMITMENT to stay together, come what may. Otherwise, as time passes, and events happen, people can - and usually do -go through many changes, the "love" that brought them together may not last, and then there can be children who are left miserable because they don't have a cozy home with both parents. Without commitment, people end up with broken hearts, and broken homes. Without commitment of marriage, a couple will really never experience ultimate happiness. And -- as far as being in love at age 10 -- come on now, you have to be mature enough (how old are you?) to realize that what we feel as children and adolescents is a very different thing from the kind of love that is needed to hold a couple together. We love our parents, we love our brothers and sisters, we even love our friends -- but marriage is a very different thing -- it's a sacred bond that brings many blessings to those who are wise enough to make that commitment, and WORK to make the marriage successful. Marriage is actually a SPIRITUAL PATH to God, when it is understood correctly. I hope you will think about these ideas and avoid getting into any relationship without commitment! Blessings, SP