To wonder if you are you with your husband / partner...

[Rowennaravenclaw]

A) Because you love them so much you couldn't live without them.

or

B) Because life with them is easier / better than being single.

Wish I could do a vote but I don't know how. So please comment away! Are you A or B?

"I can't live without...." is a very common idiom, drop the pedantry.

A is true for me. B is also true but it's not the reason. He definitely makes my life better and easier just being in it, but I love the bones of him and would hate not being together.

Both.

Adore the man, but also find married life both financially and logistically cosy and easier!

I could live without him - I have - but I'd prefer not to.

I'd actually suggest that B should be broken up in two parts:

B) Because life with them is easier

C) better than being single

Because B could suggest children/financial ties, whereas C suggests a sort of ambivalence

A

A

Neither, we are together because we choose to be - because together we are a sum of much more than our separate selves. I know my life is brighter because he is in it.

I could live without him, but there is no power on earth that would make me want to try.

My husband is a 'rescue'. I am with him because his life would be shit without me.
My life would be much easier, cheaper and less complicated without him, but I love him enough to make some sacrifices.

Both - I like him and his company and my life is better for having him in it. I could live without him but I'd rather not.

A

Neither really. I could live without him if I had to, but I'd really rather not! But yes, I'm with him because I love him, enjoy spending time with him, and because life is better when he's around.

This

A

B but with caveats! it's nice that so many people say A though... gives me hope that it's possible!

A

a combination of @SluggishSnail and @morriseysquif's Cs are the ones

A

A but I could live without him, I just wouldn't want to!

E) I stayed with soon to XDH far longer than I should have done because of the kids and financial constraints. I eventually couldn't cope with the emotional abuse any longer and hated the bastard so much that I couldn't stay no matter how much I tried to make it work. I'm still finding my feet after escaping but I have hopes that one day soon I will remember how to feel happy again.

Definitely A. I mean I could live without him if I had no choice, but I certainly wouldn’t want to. Dh and I have been together 11 years now and we’ve been through a hell of a lot (a couple international moves, 2 years long distance, big career changes, family drama, a miscarriage, 2 dc). I love him more now than the day we got married.

But I sure wouldn’t want to be single either. I really couldn’t tolerate dating. Dh is fortunate I enjoy him so much, because I’m usually fairly miserly!

A

I loved my EX, but he didn't love me. I was bereft when he went to work abroad and broken hearted when he left me. I can't imagine feeling that way about anybody again and not sure I want to as it was scary and a draining.

A

A