Marriage, This Way

Elementary education taught us that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. That's to say, it's the coming together of a man and woman in agreement, binded together by love, by purpose, by a desire for another, to love together in unity and as one entity. While it may seem more like a contractual agreement today or a "marriage of convenience", I believe the elementary ideals of this knowledge stands true amd tall.

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Marriage is sacred, it's beautiful, wonderful, pleasing. To be able to look at your partner and feel that genuine care and affection for them, and a reason to live everyday is a great feeling. As opposed to some ideals, marriage is a wonderful thing. Wonderful only when its carefully thought and entered into. Beyond the marriage ideals, noteworthy are the types or manner of marriages that we have－religious, court, traditional. What would I have as a preferred marriage type?

Should I think of this more as kinds of weddings rather? This is because I believe marriage is beyond the event in a church, mosque, courtroom or a house, to commemorate the joining together of a man and woman. They say "wedding is for a day, but marriage is for a lifetime”. In that vein, I tend to see this addressing more of the ceremony of marriage, which is the wedding. And what wedding or “marriage” type do I prefer?

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I would consider the varieties of them; the religious, the court and the traditional. Being a person who affirms and hold in great regards my faith, I'm not passing away from the "religious" kind of it. Marriage is sacred, an institution that was formed by God Himself. I can't pass on the idea of coming before the One who initiated the institution to declare my vows and make it known that I have found what is good and obtained favour from Him.

It's beyond just a religious thing, but a matter of acknowledging before a greater authority my commitment and desires of whom to spend life with. Through that, I believe I could make my vows clearly and be held accountable to them when I might seem to go a wrong way. The institution has to be honoured in this way or manner.

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Let it not be a total discredit to the other types. Coming from an African nation, one that upholds tradition and culture, it will be a hard pass over traditional marriage. I consider it holds its own place in my part of the world. Except that some extremities be involved, I would say it's a path to take also, considering the part of the world I come from.

The courtroom is a place I don't really like. Much more because we've seen how injustice was perpetuate right from a house that should define justice, even with all evidence and facts. So, the court wedding doesn't appeal more to me. Talk more also of how the basis of it has tend to be more of a contractual agreement and a protection of property in the event of a divorce. However for some reasons I'm discovering, it seemed a path one could take.

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