15 Reasons Why Marriage Is

Important In Your Life

Marriage is the highest stage of friendship where you fall in love many times
with the same person.
Sometimes you may wonder why marriage is so important, especially when
many people prefer live-in relationships these days. Marriage is the union
of two people in love, and it is a legal commitment that has familial,
social, and economic implications.
This is the declaration of your love and devotion to your partner and affirms
lifelong commitment in front of near and dear ones. In addition, many
believe that communities get better when people enter into marriage and
stay together. In this post, we discuss the importance of marriage and its
benefits to partners and society as a whole. Read on.

15 Reasons Marriage Is Important

1. Marks a new beginning: Marriage manifests life-time
commitment, allowing you to care for your partner and
your family selflessly. It marks the beginning of a special bond
wherein you connect with your partner physically, emotionally,
and spiritually.
2. Brings oneness: In marriage, you and your partner work as a
team and celebrate milestones and successes and rise to
challenges together. You share your emotions, feelings, and,
most importantly, your life with your spouse.

3. Benefits both the partners: Marriage facilitates social bonding

and improves economic standing and social capital. Economic
and social ramifications typically benefit not only partners,
but other family members, and the community.

4. Makes you happier: The benefits or joys of single life may be

overrated. Experts believe that marriage improves health and
financial satisfaction. A study using data from 17 developed
nations has shown that being married was associated with
significantly higher levels of happiness relative to cohabitation,
and marriage increases happiness equally among men and
women (1).
5. Improves life expectancy: Proponents of marriage believe that
married people live longer and healthier lives. Statisticians
Bernard Cohen and I-Sing Lee compiled a catalog of
 mortality risks, including marital status, occupational risks,
socioeconomic factors, geography, diseases, substance
abuse, and various other factors. They concluded that being
unmarried is one of the most significant health risks that people
voluntarily subject themselves to (2).
6. Keeps your heart healthy: A meta-analysis of 34 studies involving more than two
million participants showed that unmarried people were at a 42% higher risk of
developing cardiovascular disease and a 16% higher risk of developing coronary
artery disease than married people (3). Interestingly, married people have the
lowest incidence of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease (4).
7. Benefits children: Parenting is exciting as well as challenging for
couples. Experts believe that children gain more when they grow up in
households in which both parents live. Long-term studies have observed that
children living with their biological, married parents have better physical,
emotional, and academic well-being (4).
Point to ponder
Marriage connects two souls and brings spiritual harmony. It also signifies the bond and the
unified synergy between a couple. Aren’t these reasons enough to tie the knot with your special
someone!?
8. Offers economic stability: Many people may believe that being married brings a
financial burden. However, experts believe that married people not only make
more money, but also manage it better. A study of 76 middle-class couples from a
rural midwestern county showed that married people are less likely to report
economic hardships (5).
9. Keeps you sane: Being married improves your mental health. On the whole, single
people experience less social support, which has been associated with higher
depression rates, loneliness, and social isolation (6).
10. Provides emotional security: People look for emotional support and security in
their relationships. When you share your life with a partner, you become more
comfortable sharing your aspirations, struggles, emotions and feelings.
11. Increases fidelity: Studies highlighting lifetime-engagement estimates of infidelity
have shown that around 20% of married couples and approximately 70% of
unmarried couples are engaged in extra-relational affairs (7). Risk factors for
infidelity include low relationship commitment or decreasing sexual or relationship
satisfaction (7).
12. May save your life: Experts believe that marriage is associated with a lower risk
of mortality in adults. Various studies have demonstrated that the chances of
survival after major surgeries, such as cardiac surgery and coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG), may be better among married people than unmarried
people (8), (9).
13. Helps accumulate more money: It has been demonstrated that the longer men
stay married, the greater the accumulation of wealth. Interestingly, a married man
in his fifties may have three times the assets than his unmarried counterpart (10).
14. Improves sexual intimacy: Experts believe that women are four times as likely as
men to make love a requirement or enter into an intimate relationship for having
 sex. Men are also more likely to experience sexual satisfaction when they are in a
long-term, lasting relationship (10).
15. Makes the community better: It has been observed that
married people have more civic responsibility and are more likely
to volunteer in community service. In addition, they are more
likely to be involved in schools and churches (4).

Reviewed by Dr. Maggie C. Vaughan, MFT, PhD

By Shikha Thakur, MBA • Jan 17, 2023