Ooooooohhhh. An interesting subject for me, a 15 year old who hasn't had the option and hopefully never will. Commitment is a yes but not marriage unless it's cheap and a contract can be sighned saying-in case of a divorce the wife gets nothing...

First of all, i would like to start with the many disadvantages in my mind, just hanging there, because, if you need permission for a divorce, is marriage not just an expensive way of expressing love? To be honest, it is not so much the marriage that i am against, but the fact tat people spend tens of thousands on it. Even £2000 is too much for a day. Being honest, all of the women who are reading this, when you dreamt of your 'big wedding day', did you really dream of the man (and if so, did you imagine personality or looks), or the flowers, ice sculptures, wedding dress.
I know it is the father of the bride that pays it but i don't think that that is true all of the time. I'd rather spend my money on a new car, or holiday-an expensive none-honeymoon holiday maybe. An if i paid for my daughters marriage, I'd tell them to have a wedding and honeymoon in lovely Las Vegas, because it is cheap. I'm sure nobody would mind because of the reasoning 'You get married to show your commitment'. Commitment to me should not involve an expensive engagement ring, wedding ring and honeymoon. Add that all up, and that is probably how much you will pay for the wedding.

I am still against marriage itself though, it's not just the money. Do you not sign marriage 'contract'. I do not like the idea that you have to sign a contract to love someone. It basically signs you to love someone forever 'or else'. Protestant Christians agree that everybody makes mistakes and allows divorce. However, you do still have to give money to the person you've divorced-maybe your house etc.
Catholics though,do not even allow divorce. You have to have the Pope's permission, and none have been allowed in the past few centuries, maybe never. They can legally get divorced by British law, but they can never marry in a church again because they do not accept that you have been divorced,so the only way to re-marry in a church is if your partner has died, or if you can find a priest that will allow himself to marry you.

Here is an idea. A wedding day is a waste of money because of the thousands you spend. However, everybody likes holidays, so why not put all of the money you would spend towards the wedding, the rings nd the honeymoon to create a normal holiday instead, just longer. You could even give some to charity.

Now on to the good poinrs. If you do agree to get a nice £100 wedding at City Hall, and forget the wedding rings, marriage could be fun because it shows 'commitment'. That is of course, if you fancy signing a contract that signs away half of your belongings, especially if you get divorced.

If you do though, now all's you have to worry about is the anniversary gifts. Get married on the brides birthday or valentines day (another pointless thing people waste their money on), and you are sorted, because you can never get out of valentines or her birthday.

I think that, althogether society has outgrown marriage because there are so many divorces now-a-days. People rush into marriage or are blind to their partners nagging habits until they are married. People also can't resist cheating now due to a more relaxed society where a lot of people do and it doesn't exactly make front page news now. Since there are so many divorces now, the ones who last it out could feel 'special', even though that is what should happen. But wouldn't most of the ones who last it out(, and some that didn't) have lasted if they were not tied down, and just trusted and loved one-another?