Marriage or civil partnership: what is the difference?

What is your personal opinion on that?

IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE in this regard other than tax or security …

Do you have a different view on married couples or those who cohabit?

What was your own approach to this?

If you were asked to marry, what would your answer be?

Does marriage scare or reassure you?

Is a civil union really that free?

What words would you associate with the word marriage?

Same for a civil union?

See you soon for this reflection on that matter

Kisses to you

Lollipop

Dear Lolly…

What a topic that is!
I was married for barely two years, and then I lived for 20 years in a common-law relationship with the father of my children.
My son, after 10 years of living together, has decided to take the plunge and get married!

My best friend says, “Marriage, absolutely not, never again.”

Personally, now, I don’t see the difference between a marriage and a common-law partnership.

As for saying that marriage strengthens bonds and that one is more independent in a common-law relationship, that is completely false, or even worse.
Legally, it was much easier for me to divorce than to separate. The law mandates separate residences, and there is nothing to prevent one partner in a common-law union from living under the same roof as their children.
So I would say, if you think you might have to part ways with your partner one day, especially if you have children together, start by getting married; it will be easier, contrary to what one might think.

Otherwise, if we emphasize the legal aspect, my view is that the union between two partners lies in their hearts, not in a registry.
It is not civil registry entries that serve as proof of a couple’s love.

If a man I liked ever asked me to marry him, I think I would be very surprised and wouldn’t even know what to say to him. I think I would be so stunned by his proposal that I’d be left speechless!
But perhaps I have passed the age for that kind of young girl’s dream.
I think marriage is mostly symbolic; it is part of an institution that was meant to be reassuring, but things have evolved (for better or for worse…), and now marriage has lost some of its value, just like love—it no longer rhymes with forever.

Becs

Hello Lollipop!

Married couples end up in the twists and turns of boredom and routine after a few years, which is ultimately the cause of all these separations and divorces.

On the other hand, those who live in a common-law relationship, break up and get back together whenever they feel like it, without having to answer to respectable society.

My approach to this is: love, yes; prison, no!

If I were asked to marry me, I would say why bother, what would that change about our love?

Marriage can provide a sense of security, as it involves a commitment to the other person, but it is precisely this lifelong commitment that is frightening.

A common-law relationship is not as free as it seems, because you become attached to the other person, and in the end, it can end up resembling a marriage.

At the word "marriage," I associate the word "contract."
At the word "free union," I associate the words "apparent freedom."

Kisses
The magician.

Your approaches are very interesting, and one can see that the HIPPIE movement proclaimed love, not war…

Perhaps symbolically, they associated the couple with long-term commitment, particularly in the context of marriage, hence their pursuit of sexual, moral, or political liberalization…

If we reflect on the object that unites, we find the alliance; it remains sober and so precious, filled with symbols if we associate it with the spiritual…

What does a ring on your finger evoke for you, and how did you experience wearing it… did it transform you?

For me, part of the commitment will be defined by wearing this ring…

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Lolly

Rest assured, I have no intention of getting married; perhaps one day, if that is my wish.

But I have been doing meditations recently, and marriage, along with various other areas, have come to me, along with keys and answers. I would like to share them with you through this, because for me, we do not hold the absolute truth; it is through exchange, difference, and the knowledge of others that we move forward. This requires listening to everyone and a final collective harvest…

Perhaps through this debate, we will be able to uncover, heal, or simply take stock of our own interpretations of the cycles we are going through in life…

bec

Lollipop

This debate is open to everyone; each of us carries within us a gift and the keys that allow us to move forward…

Thank you to those who will join this reflection, with all the freedom and respect that I already accord to it…

kisses

lollipop