Marriage follow up 1

In true academic spirit, I decided to research what marriage means.  Not the definition, which can be found in the dictionary, but more along the lines of "What does marriage mean to you?"

So, I googled and this website (link) has the following to say about marriage, which I quite like. 

Marriage, it turns out, changes very little about our relationship with each other. 

What it changes is our relationship with everyone else. It changes whether our mate's family considers us family or temporary guest. It changes whether folks hoping to socialize with one of us automatically include the other.

What marriage does not change is our differences of opinion, our misunderstandings of each other's motives, our expectations, or how well our spouse meets them. 

It changes nothing about our fear of abandonment and the unhappy choices we make when we worry our relationship is unraveling. It gives us no new rights or authority over our mate while married.

Getting married is about choosing to play a particular role in society together. It is a very important role worthy of great respect. If you hope to play it for the rest of your life, don't count on your wedding day helping much. Instead, learn everything you can about how to nurture your relationship. Practice daily.