Reasons To Get Married.
1. You are a better
person in so many ways.
Partners who are
smart, honest and share their opinions and outlook with their spouses will
improve them. They will challenge you on so many levels and this will bring out
the best in you. There are the sayings that two heads are better than one and
about iron sharpening iron, and they are true in a marriage. Spiritually,
intellectually and all of the other -allies considered, the only way is up.
Being married grounds you in a different way from just taking care of yourself.
This is even more so when the children begin to come. You learn one of the best
attributes of life, self sacrifice and commitment.
2. You are much
happier and healthier.
When you marry a
person you are compatible with, the chances are very high that you’ll be
happier than you were when you were single. No man is an island. Most of us
have been biologically and socially engineered to want a partner. This desire
when attained will in the right conditions continue to yield fruits of
happiness. Apart from that is the matter of spending lots of time with someone
who cares for you, and who makes you happy. This is a major boost to your self
esteem and will probably spill over to other aspects of your life, making you
take more joy out of things you may not had even considered otherwise.
Statistics have shown that this happiness translates to better health for
married people and may even contribute to them living longer lives.
3. You can have better
and more sex.
Yes you can quote me
on this one, lol. There are also statistics to back me up. Most single people
get little or no sex, especially when they are abstaining or are not in
relationships. Even when hooked up, because relationships which do not quickly
lead to marriage tend to break up after a while, many singletons experience
long dry spells with no sex. This is not the case when married. While you may
not make love every day of every week, you do get your regular doses and
lovemaking being one of those activities that gets better with practice; you
will definitely see an improvement and more enjoyment with time as you both
learn each other, your likes and your dislikes.
4. You become more
attractive
Married people tend to
take more care with their appearances, not just to please their spouses but
because of the boost that comes with being happier and getting regular doses of
the chemicals released when someone has lots of sex. Anecdotes abound of men
who say they begin to get hit on by women after they get married and the same
goes for women. You are cleaner, take more care of yourself, begin to use the
appropriate hygiene products you may have disregarded in the past and possibly
you are also trying to keep fit and in shape at the local gym or in quality
time with your spouse.
5. You are married to the father of your children
Let’s be honest here
and tell ourselves the truth. There may be so many other ways and circumstances
in which to have children and bring them up these days but experts still agree
that the best way is in households with two parents in a committed
relationship. There is a special joy in working together with a spouse to raise
your children, the shared highs and lows, the pains and happiness, knowing that
these offspring are from both of you and that if one is not there, the other
would do any and everything humanly possible to take care of those
children.
6. You have better
financial benefits and your net income increases.
When you look at it
from the big picture, it is cheaper to cook for more than one, ditto for air
line tickets and hotel rooms, also apartments and houses cost the same no
matter how many people live in it, you get the general idea. Look at it this
way; you are pooling resources together with your spouse and in some cases,
getting an extra income into your household. While it is less likely (not
impossible) that marriage may get you a promotion at work, it will sure get you
tax breaks in some countries and maybe even access to better health plans and
mortgages.
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