Love and Marriage – Do They Really Go Together Today? The old song of love and marriage going together like a horse and carriage may be cute, but does it really mean anything in today’s society? Do you really need to have love in a relationship in order to marry, and do you need to marry if you love someone? Create passion for life and for one another being passionate in your life and with your mate helps your marriage to keep growing. Marriage is a commitment that you should celebrate with each other. Your mate is your lifetime friend. In order for someone to become your friend, you need to like them. Learn to like each other for there many things that please you. If your significant other loves drama and being the center of attention, ask her to marry you on the jumbo screen of a concert, sporting event, or other large public event. Contact event staff well in advance to inquire about available options. Make sure you feel out your significant other before performing such a proposal to make sure it will be received positively. Which leads to the next best piece of marriage advice – and that is to look first to your own actions before you start assigning the role of the unreasonable party to your partner. It’s easy to take a partner’s opinion for granted. Of course he wants to go to great aunt’s dinner party (despite the fact she won’t speak to him) because he goes to all your family functions – of course he’ll cancel the other engagement he had. Ohio also discontinued their common law marriage laws on October 10, 1991. Pennsylvania stopped granting common law marriage status on January 1, 2005. A common law marriage must be dissolved as any other marriage – by divorce or death. There is no “common law divorce”; simply leaving the relationship does not diminish your responsibility to your common law husband or wife. The tradition of bridegrooms in the wedding party is said to have its roots in the era of very early history when a man would rely on his friends to abduct a woman from her family for his bride. The practice of bridegrooms and bridesmaids dressing alike is a long-standing one in the history of marriage, based on the superstition, which holds that evil spirits might wish harm on the couple and the similarity in dress would confuse them.