@mrsschutte1323, true it may not change much is just the meaning behind it to me

Well I can agree on some level that marriage is just a piece of paper and I got married in August and nothing has changed in my relationship. We didn't have a big wedding it was just parents and siblings at the court house and no party. But we both forget sometimes that we are married because nothing is really different other than legal stuff and my last name. My dad and his fiancé have been engaged for 16 years this February and my mom got married when she was 17 because she was pregnant with my older half brother and the baby daddy took off a few months later and never came back so my mom is legally still married but even if she wasn't she's been when her boyfriend for 12 years and they won't ever get married because they are perfectly happy with how their life is and there's no pressure or anything like that. So I think as long as you're with the person you love more than anything and it's equal it's not that big of a deal to be married. That's how I was raised. But I would bring it up to him again and let him know how strongly you feel about it.

We have never talked about it really, he asked me to marry him thru a text years ago && I declined. I just don't know if I'm okay with never getting married

My husband said that too before we got married. We ended up getting married right after we had a major fight and broke up he was the one that told me he wanted to marry me. We ended up going to Las Vegas