I am guilty of not putting much value in marriage for marriage sake, especially predicating it on showing off love and commitment.
After seven years of living in sin, spending our meagre wages on building a house by age 21 and a coke every Monday as a treat, I only went for the idea when making kids came up over the horizon. I thought it was important for children to have a sense of belonging to a family group by having a consistent surname. My good fortune was my wife adored me and I adored her up until her death, which left me with a one sided eqtn.
