Do people ever admit they married someone else for a reason other than loving them?

[raccoon]

It isn't socially acceptable to say that, except to your psychiatrist, guru, personal coach, or bartender.

[olddots]

1. " Love is a many splendard thing "

I like my wife too plus she puts up with me .

[trof]

14. splendored

[jakeXT]

2. You hear it from cultures with arranged marriages. /nt

[NewJeffCT]

3. I think maybe if the person had gone through a bitter divorce

and/or the ex-spouse had treated the person badly/cheated on them, it's probably okay to admit that you married for the wrong reasons, or that you thought you were in love.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

4. Among some social sets, it is accepted that the reason was money...

power or status. The rich are, indeed, different.

[Moondog]

6. Oops. Didn't see yours until after I'd posted mine.

I don't think I added much . . . .

[Sekhmets Daughter]

11. You know what they say....

Two heads are better than one!

I consider it validation!

[NewJeffCT]

8. good point

forgot about that, as well as the pregnancy one mentioned below.

[Moondog]

5. Yes, and with some frequency.

It often has to do with wealth, the preservation of it, or the lack of it. Social status, or the desire for it, sometimes plays into it. It occasionally, even in contemporary America, has to do with unplanned pregnancies.

I know of one woman who married for medical insurance at a time in her life when she was up against the proverbial wall. She does not love the man, although she tried to do so, and she seeks her delights elsewhere. I seriously doubt that she is the only person to have made that choice.

And then there are arranged marriages. They still exist.

[raccoon]

7. I know some people who are staying married for medical insurance. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. I know of marriages/relationships that are/were based on

companionship, or mutual financial security, which over time turned into loving long lasting relationships.

I know of many many many MORE marriages that were based on so called love, which were really about sex, security, not wanting to be single, etc. Those often were with people under 40. And not long lived.

[Locut0s]

10. Admit? Well all but admit...

There is a reason the term gold digger exists. It's a rather derogatory term but it fits. Just look at all those marriages of wealthy billionaires or sports stars to supermodels or girls 30 years their junior. Too many for most of them to be about love. And I think it's mutually accepted in many of them that it's not about love. I get to hang out with this sexy trophy, I get to live the life of a wealthy princess. It's not what I would call healthy. But it's not rare.

[BlueJazz]

12. While at the Doctor's office, I picked up a magazine on "Yachts Ala Palm Beach"

There were many couples in this mag.
Most of the Men were bald, older and stocky.
Most of the Women were "Wow"

True love is wasn't.

I'd rather stay alone than marry for any other reason but unselfish Love.

[In_The_Wind]

13. Yes. Sometimes it's to care for another rather than passionate love.

[trof]

15. Yeah. I married Miz t. for her Gumbo.

The rest was a bonus.

[madinmaryland]

16. I had a great-great-aunt who got married to get out of jail in the 1940's.

She had gotten busted for bootlegging and moonshining and if she married a blind guy she would get a "get out jail card".

She "married" the blind guy.

[mysuzuki2]

17. I got married because she was pregnant

This was a long time ago btw. Her father was a lot bigger than me.