i love being married but i also loved being in a relationship with my wife before we were married, just as much. literally nothing changed for us after marriage outside of some legal or tax sh*t, which had 0 to do with our decision. we literally got married b/c you're "supposed to". of course, we never discussed it that way (we're not THAT unromantic) but, in retrospect, that's clearly the case. we had been together 10 years, love each other and we wanted a party. and for people to get off our backs lol