With all due respect, this sounds like an emotional response. If a couple feels committed w/o the output of time and money to legally establish the relationship, then the benefits of marriage are what? Not every guy/gal requires a ring on their finger to feel confident someone won't leave them, or that they'll die alone w/o one.

Plus, unless an accident takes out both people at once, most people will die alone. 1st one dies w/ companionship, 2nd one not-so-much.

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To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.