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If you’re single and you say you don’t want to get married, your friends and family may accept that. (And even then, they’re skeptical.) But if you’re in a committed relationship with someone you live with and have been seeing for years, it’s a bit harder for the people in your life to accept the fact that the two of you don’t want to get married. They feel like all of the pieces are there, so why not complete the puzzle? But you already feel that the puzzle is completed; you don’t need an expensive wedding, a piece of paper and a piece of jewelry to seal it. As a committed couple, it can feel like the world is watching you, waiting for somebody to pop the question. Here are things people say when you and your partner don’t want to get married.
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If he loves you, he’ll commit to you
He has committed to you! He signed a lease with you, moved all of his things into your shared home, got a dog with you, became very close with your family…a piece of paper doesn’t make any of that more real. In fact, doing all of that is much more difficult than signing papers. Anybody can get married; not anybody can live happily under the same roof for years.
