Seriously. What's the Point of Marriage?

I turn 30 in a couple of weeks. Many of my friends are getting married and having kids. While I am being pressured to get married. I am still working on saving money to move out and finding myself while battling anxiety and depression. When I ask friends and family what's the point of marriage I always get a religious response or something that has to do with finance. I mean people could still live with each other and have kids without getting married. During marriage you worry about falling out of love with the person or them cheating. I feel many people get cheated on during marriage without their partner ever finding out. If you get divorced, that leads to financial issues. Personally I don't know if I want to get married.

bijouxbroussard · F

No one should be pressuring you to get married. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have benefits for those who [b]want[/b] to. Like I've said on here before, a close friend lived with her boyfriend for 13 years, and when he got sick she discovered she had less legal say in his treatment (even though [b]she[/b] knew his wishes) then his grown children who lived out of state. As his wife the doctors would've have listened to her.