Benefits of marriage

[blesssedd]

Can we have a post that lists the wide ranging benefits of marriage?

I'll start - If you have children you will all have the same surname.

Can anyone else vouch for the comments that refer to feeling a more close knit unit / team / more united following marriage if you were previously together for over 10 years?

Yes I do, I think for me it's like saying this is it, me and you forever, it also signals to the rest of the world too. Quite a few people (lads) unfriended me once I got married, people who I met in my 20s traveling etc, I was clearly now off the market permenantly, even though id been with my bf 10+ years. So I think how society views your relationship also changes. I think someone else mentioned if you talk about your boyfriend in conversation this could be someone you met 2 months ago or it could be someone you've lived with 20 years. Partner I either think it's a gay relationship and they don't want to out themselves or it's the person they live with but aren't married to. On here lots of people say partner when really they mean boyfriend, new relationship, don't live together that really isn't your partner. It isn't clear how serious your relarionship is with bf or partner. Husband there is no question about the relationship, you are clearly in a long term relationship (even if only married recently) and share your life with that person. It isn't open to interpretation.