I will be the first to say that nothing fundamentally changed in my relationship with DH when we got married. On the contrary, our relationship is something that evolves on a day-to-day, year-to-year basis, getting richer and more complex and more satisfying, like a good cheese.
I guess you and I view marriage differently -- to me, getting married was all about changing how others viewed us (most notably my parents). By getting married, we assumed all the rights, responsibilities, and privileges thereof, to go along with the graduation analogy. We could be recognized as a married couple, which society at large treats differently from a non-married couple. I think that's part of why same-sex couples are fighting so hard for the right to get married -- "husband" has very different connotations from "boyfriend" or "SO."
Sorry, I didn't really mean to hijack this post...
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Date: 2004-10-11 05:57 pm (UTC)I guess you and I view marriage differently -- to me, getting married was all about changing how others viewed us (most notably my parents). By getting married, we assumed all the rights, responsibilities, and privileges thereof, to go along with the graduation analogy. We could be recognized as a married couple, which society at large treats differently from a non-married couple. I think that's part of why same-sex couples are fighting so hard for the right to get married -- "husband" has very different connotations from "boyfriend" or "SO."
Sorry, I didn't really mean to hijack this post...