Why do people get married? Marriage is a socially and legally authorized partnership, usually between a man and a woman. Marriage has played an essential role in supporting each other, raising children, and companionship for the two people. There are many reasons people should be married instead of not being single. I think the most sense is marriage is cheaper for the economy and creates a bond that lasts longer than when you are single. Therefore, people are always better and happier when they get married than when they are single, citing various studies showing that married couples feel happier than single people.
First, it is economically better in marriage, especially during these stressful economic times (Cetre et al. 6). Usually, married-couple families have a better income than single-parent families because they gain the ability to combine resources for greater output. Typically, when funds are pulled together for families, they can spend much more money than when one single parent was left alone, contributing to economic growth. Furthermore, parents can frequently share responsibilities, resulting in less stressful moments at the end of the day or even when they are not overworked. As a result, couples in marriage are often happier due to lower financial burdens and higher family income.
Secondly, life becomes cheaper when couples are married, thus making them happy people. When people come together, mutual support and contribution to every expenditure are obtained, leading to better lives full of happiness (Cetre et al. 5). For instance, expenses on rent and other materials will be lowered when couples plan together, and a father agrees to pay for the child’s school fee while the mother pays for a different utility bill. Further, single people living on their own often incur more expenses than married couples due to making purchases in bulk, which attracts lower prices than a single person. Also, cooking dinner for two is much better than preparing dinner for one person, since comparing the expenses since similar ingredients are used in the preparation than when each person purchases their ingredients. Therefore, the cheaper the living conditions, the more the married couple saves, thus ensuring happiness.
Being single has a risk of dying alone-social networks due to a lack of social networks (Turner et al. 6). Marriage institution leads to the development of social networks, more friends, and community groups. Married couples often get to each partner’s social network, thus widening their social networks and providing more resources and connections. In this case, the parents often have a broader network to rely on and ask for favors, unlike a single person who has a small circle of friends (Cetre et al., 6). Similarly, married couples help those people in the neighborhood, especially when purchasing homes. The nonprofit Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Commission asserted that purchasing homes are significant because the owners will protect the environment, thus improving the neighborhoods.
Marriage also often comes with legal benefits that a single person may not be able to obtain on their own (Persson 1). First, a married couple often qualifies for paying lower taxes because they can file their returns jointly, so they pay fewer taxes than single people (Lyons, 6). Secondly, married couples are entitled to more government benefits, such as recognizing the lawful contact of the two people, thus being legally bound to be together. In this consideration, a legal marriage often is provided more benefits when the relationship is over than those not legally married. Also, marriages can be stable because couples can share health insurance, thus lowering the parents’ pay for the children. Therefore, married people are usually protected for various things.
On the contrary, it’s also risky to blindly believe that the only way to be happy is to get married to someone because some marriages have been unhappy with different partners suffering from domestic violence. It has been reported that partners have suffered from increased divorce rates in America and worldwide. Most of the time, the female partners have been trapped in unhappy marriages, thus leading to a lack of happiness, as denoted by various authors (Shaffer 6). As reported, when married couples divorce, one party frequently feels let down by the other, resulting in bitterness rather than happiness. Furthermore, naive women who are given away in marriages without their consent or at a young age face difficulties adjusting to marriage requirements, incurring the wrath of their husbands, who may not understand their immaturity.
In conclusion, marriage is an institution that is legally and conducted in different ways making the partners bound to each other and raising a family together. So, if you find someone you like and are trustworthy, marriage is the ultimate goal in our lives. And I realized that there are so many articles to encourage us that it is okay to be single. But to put it the other way around, we know if we get married to someone happily, however, people choose to stay unmarried willingly.
Works Cited
Cetre, Sophie, Andrew E. Clark, and Claudia Senik. “Happy people have children: Choice and self-selection into parenthood.” European Journal of Population 32.3 (2016): 445-473.
Lyons, Christina. “Loneliness And Social Isolation.” CQ Researcher, 3 Aug. 2018: 657-680. Web. 11 April. 2022.
Shaffer, Helen. “Marriage: Changing Institution.” CQ Researcher, 6 Oct. 1971: 759-78. Web. 11 April. 2022.
Turner, Mary, et al. “Caring for a dying spouse at the end of life: ‘It’s one of the things you volunteer for when you get married’: a qualitative study of the oldest careers’ experiences.” Age and aging 45.3 (2016): 421-426.
