This is my pledge to Yorkiegirl ....

[moaningpaper]

This is my pledge to Yorkiegirl .... (well to my family really)

I WILL swallow my horror at the whole wife thing and get married in the next 12 months so that my family has more legal protection.

Who wants to join me?

Not remotely SNORTWORTHY cappucino

Throwing my knickers in the air screaming is not derisory

Just my own personal response

'I married my husband because I love him and want to be with him forever. I also wanted to have children with him and would not have done that without being married. I was pleased to take his name, and didn't even conside not doing, it ' This statement interests me could you elaborate.
What does marriage really mean to you. How would you have dealt with a man who professed to love you but didn't want or couldn't get married? How important is the public statement to you?

I did used to live with a man who said he loved me but didn't want to get married having seen his parents have a very unhappy marriage and bitter divorce. At the time I was very young and decided I would rather live with him than not have him at all. We split up over something completely unrelated to marriage but I did decide I wouldn't live with anyone else again unless it was a very serious relationship that was going to lead to marriage. I met by boyfriend about 3 weeks later. We have now been together for almost 11 years and married for over 7 years. I didn't marry him to make a public statement as such. It is true it tells everyone we love each other and want to be together but we got married because WE wanted too.