Why did *you* get married?

[Squatch]

Poll question: Why did *you* get married?

If gay marriage is such a threat to our country(:sarcasm:), I was wondering what some of the reasons are people recognized in heterosexual civil unions had to "get hitched".

[chelsea0011]

1. gays made me do it.

[chelsea0011]

2. gays made me do it.

[swag]

3. Health insurance coverage.

[baby_bear]

7. It was dental insurance for me.....n/t

[blondeatlast]

22. Ditto. nt

[Aristus]

4. Because she said "Yes."

That's why.

[MichiganVote]

5. I was saving him from a heathen lifestyle...(or so his mother said)

[uppityperson]

6. to prove I wasn't gay

:sarcasm:

[Jersey Devil]

8. It was an act of gallantry - to save my wife from marauding lesbians

We heard there was a plot to prop a ladder against her window in the middle of the night and steal her away and hypnotize her into becoming a lesbian.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. For the *children!*

We must think of the children! :cry:

[LiberalEsto]

10. Because the Unitarian-Universalists wanted us to!

UUs love marriage so much that they marry everybody.... Unitarians, Catholics, Baptists, atheists, Jews, Muslims, Wiccans, gays, and combinations of the above.

[Jersey Devil]

11. Would they permit a moose and an elk to get married in a racoon lodge?

I wonder what Sen Brownbeck would think of that?

[LiberalEsto]

13. As long as they are consenting adults

my husband, a recovering Catholic, and I, a lapsed Lutheran, got married in a UU church because that was the only way we could have a spiritual ceremony. We didn't want a civil service. A lot of people find out about UUism through their marriage policy.

[shain from kane]

12. Knocked her up. Shotgun marriage. n/t

[Joey Liberal]

14. The booze made me do it.

[MercutioATC]

15. #2. There was more to it than that...

...but that represents the level of "fun" it had for me.

...and it ended 2 1/2 years later...ah, well...

[sutz12]

16. To get laid. Why else?

:sarcasm:

[rkc3]

27. I was tired of sleeping around - now I just sleep.

[PWRinNY]

17. I was young and hormonal

And the strict fundie religion I WAS part of didn't allow premarital sex.
I HAVE learned a few things since then! LOL Lost the ex AND the religion.

[Roon]

18. I got married because I thought it would make me not gay anymore

didn't work.

[BeeBee]

19. I didn't get married

because it wasn't legal...

[alfredo]

20. We needed a new popcorn popper We got one of those

Joe Namath popcorn makers. It was pretty good and lasted for many years. Our marriage has lasted 25 years.


Ours was colored burnt orange with a black base. It's made by West Bend and works well.

[blondeatlast]

21. Edit--answered upthread. nt

[Doctor_J]

23. To fortify the institution against those pervs who want to undermine it

sort of like those people who think whites should have more babies so that the race won't be outnumbered when the inevitable race war comes. :sarcasm:

[AspenRose]

24. Because we could do so legally, and it's still legal (for now)

I'm in an interracial marriage.

Oh, and because we love each other. :D

As a matter of fact, seven years ago TODAY he proposed.

[shain from kane]

25. Needed a new toaster. Got 6. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. After 2 previous marriages, and 1 year of practice, why not?

We got the chaplain at the hospital where my wife worked to do the deed. That was 25 years ago, June 1st. Despite all the assaults by horrible gays, including her sister, and my former boss. Note: My wife's sister has been with her partner for something like 35 years.

[sweetheart]

28. because it was right

It felt right through and through, still does.

there are no reasons

[dave29]

29. so I could one day be used as a PR backdrop by some political party

to drive a wedge in between Americans.

I actually said that in my vows.

Plus, she is kind of hot.

[Dulcinea]

30. I was sick of dating.

He's low-maintenance. And a great dad!

[China_cat]

31. Other

INS would have thrown my (at that time future) husband out of the country. If I had gone to his it would have been the same thing. So rather than cause an international incident, we got married.

32 years ago.

[onethatcares]

32. because,

my mother in law found my wifes pregnancy test results hidden in her phone book. Two weeks later, we joined in matrimony. 36 yrs later, we're still together.

[Pastiche423]

33. Because I was pregnant

Won't do either again.

[countingbluecars]

34. For a house!

We wanted to move in together. We found the greatest rental property-a Reconstruction era Quaker schoolhouse. The elderly owners/landlords assumed we were married. We didn't want to lie, so later that week we got married at the Courthouse. That was 1984. We have moved several times since then and remain happily married.

[gollygee]

35. INS

We couldn't "live in sin" and have him work.

[niyad]

36. for the $92.65 month housing allotment

[sweetheart]

37. Nevada

The land of nuclear weapons makes for great marriages. :-)

It must be the empty desert.

(oops, did i already reply tot his? i gotta take my contacts out)

[B Calm]

38. I liked her 69 Torino with the legendary 454 engine...

[nolabels]

39. The real estate agent tricked me into it

He told me homeownership was easier if one had a wife to help hold down the fort. Little did I know the reverse was true and the guy was just trying to sell me something. Thank goodness my wife saw through the whole thing and still let me marry her :silly: