The reasons why we still believe in marriage.
Marriage is like an union of two people as partners in a personal relationship, a social institution to nourish norms and values. It is a great thing I believe. This is what create bonds between our society.
Marriage have a direct link with our future breeding and satisfy our lust of sex. It is the more proven way to do so. But I believe this is not all about marriage. People does not only marry because of this two.
There are alternatives to get your offspring and satisfy your sexual needs. You don't have to marry someone to do so.
Marriage comes with many responsibilities. So if you are only looking for breeding and lusting your sexual need then in any point you will find it unnecessary and useless to be in such big responsibilities.
Marriage is what gives you public declaration about your love life. And as we are living in a society where a married person is more valued than a non married one when it comes on sex and making offspring. So people choose to marry.
It is like a security bond for couples, a security of love and belongingness.
People love to get attached with men and women who interests them. They like to be with them, have kids with them. It is like a team playing.
Marriage is what makes us more mature and stable in nature. People want to relax and have a family in a certain point of their life.
Yeah it also have some financial and other benefits. You will get love and caring for like free. And you will feel the feeling on caring when you bond in a married relationship more.
Another one is religious norms. As most of the religion support marriage and prohibit fornication so marriage is the way out to lust anyone's sexual need.
We have a stereotype understanding about married people that they have boring sex lives, research has shown that they actually get it their own way more than single people. So yes it has a sexual value and surely the offspring issues. But it is more likely getting love, care and mental security.
Only those two things can not force a person to be married for long. And as people get many more advantages from marriage other than that so they still believe in a marriage and believe in living a family life.