17 reasons why people who aren’t in love get married

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“I married to get away from my controlling mother. This may sound terrible, but she was and is an old-fashioned, traditional Catholic type. Even though I was going to college and holding down a job to support myself, she felt the need to.” She would always call me and ask me where I was and who I was with, and say that I should come home immediately, and that it was “wrong” for me to stand up for myself. …When you grow up like that, you feel like you don’t have one. One day, I met my husband at work, and he was so sweet, kind, and caring about me that I wouldn’t be likely to date him.”

“…It got to the point where I couldn’t do it anymore. My boyfriend (now husband) knew the psychological damage he was doing to me. He said let’s run away so he could include me on his insurance. That way, I could focus on My degree, and it will help me get away from my mother. We eloped within three months of dating. We didn’t like each other, but our love slowly grew, and now we have two beautiful daughters and four dogs. Although we initially did not marry for love, it turned into something real and not forced. That doesn’t mean we didn’t have problems, but we worked through them together. I can’t say I recommend people getting married the way we did, but I found my personality. We have been married for 10 years, and my love for him grows more and more every day.”

– Anonymous, 33 years old, Colorado