Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn View Post
So it's all about reproduction Mark? My husband and I made a concious decision, before we got married, not to have children. As far as I know we are both perfectly capable of having children, we just choose not to. Do you think that we shouldn't have been allowed to marry?

I think that marriage is about love and commitment. If two people love each other and want to make a commitment to each other why shouldn't they be allowed to do so? The ability or desire to reproduce shouldn't have any bearing on it.
That's a part of it but it's more of a "mating" of two bloodlines to pass the best of their genes, and possibly beliefs, on to another generation, not to mention financial /political continuity. That's why marriage has traditionally been between a man and a woman, for all societies, since the beginning of time. That's the reason for the male/female pairing, not raw sex per se.

As for your "conscious decision", that's your choice but you don't know what you're missing, or missed. I'm glad to have raised three boys into fine men and now they are working on six grandkids, so far. Yes, it took a bit of sacrifice and a lot of work but it was worth it. There's more to life than money.