If you truly love your partner, does a ring and a ceremony really do anything?

I know there are certain legal situations where an official marriage changes who has certain rights, but aren’t those same rights available if you make other legally-official decisions E.G. a will or trusts, etc?

I’m generally curious why people get married beyond the “because I love them” when it costs so much money.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Depending on state, healthcare applies to spouses but may not for long term partners. You can’t do that with a will or trust

    You also get tax benefits

    Getting married should only be expensive if you want it to be, although too many people fall for the peer pressure.

    • For me I was overwhelmingly in love, ready to declare it to the world and willing to pay anything for the one big party of my life. That may not have entirely worked out, but was how I felt at the time
    • My best friend just got married for reasonable cost. Still had a big party, but it was 40 people in a park, and we went to a restaurant after.
    • Another friend got married inexpensively, maybe. Was it the $100 actual cost, or do you count the week in Vegas?