I honestly don't understand why a couple wouldn't want to get married if they're planning on having kids.
Is there some financial or emotional advantage or something?
I've just always thought that marriage is naturally the first step towards building a strong, stable family enviroment
Are we talking the religious or legal kind of 'married'?
I don't even want to get married, simply for the fact that divorce is horrible and I don't practice any religion, and marriage comes from religion, legal or not. I don't need a piece of paper to tell me I love someone either, or that Im ready to have kids. Marriage just isn't for everyone.
If having kids was a bigger deal than getting married, why get married at all? What's better than a slip of peper declaring your faith to one another than a new life which you both made out of your love for eachother and whom you can share your love with.
Of course, if only all children were born into that situation.
I think if you've been in a long term relationship for a long time, plan to marry and have kids, I think that having kids first would be a really good option - at least, in my opinion. I'd love for my own children to be at my wedding. Because I personally think that marriage should be about celebrating with family, rather than the possibility that you might start one.
Yeah, I know, it isn't practical for everyone, because there's a good chance that people would split up before they were married, enter custody issues, etc... but that be my ideal situation personally, to have my children at my wedding.
i was just kidding take a chill, my niece was born before my brother and sister in law were married, i really couldnt give a shit, i dont believe in marriage anway
*le sigh* Marriage. What makes marriage so special? All it is really is a piece of paper entitling you to certain rights for another person. It means nothing. Love should be a reason people decied to have a child, not a piece of paper.
Quick question, are we talking about accidental pregnancies or actually planning to have kids without marriage?
I can't tell who's arguing what.
i supose both, when i started this thread I based it around my sister, who claims it was planned but we all know it was unexpected - atleast on her ex-husbands behalf.
Those who plan kids before marriage or decide that marriage is for losers or whatever are probably the people who plan to live together and be married without an actual ceritifcate. People who act married, who share a bed and make dinner for each other and take turns driving Junior to soccer games. It's good for the kid, with or without a certificate, to live like that with parents who love each other. And in a relationship like that, a child can often strengthen the bond.
Those who end up knocked up underneath the bleachers or something...well, I think some sort of financial aid should be offered to mothers whose partner left them during the pregnancy or if the mother and father were still in school at the time of pregnancy. Then, once one of the parents gets a stable job, the aid can stop and they can support the kid and each other without the government's help.
*le sigh* Marriage. What makes marriage so special? All it is really is a piece of paper entitling you to certain rights for another person. It means nothing. Love should be a reason people decied to have a child, not a piece of paper.
hear hear!
i was pregnant when i got married! and i believe (for me) that the children being bought into a world with a married mum and was the best (for them) but if anyone wants to have children adn not get married then thats good!! being married doesnt affect your ability on being a good mum or dad, it just made it easier for me and my husband because his family were very religious, we havent got the children baptised or chrostened and we never will, but if your a good mum then why not have the child before wedding
That's cute. You got to be in the wedding pictures!
I am! I was a bit mischiveous though, I was running around the entire time my parents were saying their vows. I have pictures of that too. I'm pretty sure there is one where I'm tugging at the priest's robes.