What can you get from your marriage?

This question would be very simple if we ask "What can we get from my job?"

Money? Satisfaction? Achiement? Structure of life? Friendship? Status? Power?

Also we can see the progress to achieve the goal, however, when we look at our marriage, what would I get? And how can I measure it?

 

Intimacy or emotional comforting & companionship

I have discussed this with my husband, he addressed that the most important thing he wants to get from the marriage is a comfortable home and relationship where he can rest and relax. He treasure the relationship with me, but he doesn't need to be a husband to get it. I want to have the status as a wife, and I want to comfortable and stable relationship. Since I need the marriage to make my relationship more stable and comfortable, so, I think I need the marriage more than him. Never mind, we both get what we want in the marriage.

 

Offspring

In our family/marriage, we don't need children, we enjoy our life very much without children. So, we won't have a chance to raise up a child which would be an important thing for other couples. Having children is what they want to get from their marriage? They love kids? or they want to be a parent? or they want to continue their family line?

 

Financial stability

Share the expenses and resources can help to reduce the finical stress of both parties or one side.

 

Status & milestone

Getting married is part of family life cycle which brings you from single-hood living with the family into couple-hood forming a new family, it's a new page of life. It may show the maturity and attractiveness of the person which maybe an indicator of the well being of a person and the social status.

 

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