I recently answered a question on @musing where someone asked what the necessity of marriage was and if it was a necessity to begin with.

One of their ideas about marriage was that people might be getting married just to fit in, and in order to not be looked down on by their peers.

I personally enjoy being able to say that I am married but I don't think that is the best part of being married and not by a long shot.

The best thing about marriage for me is the constant feedback I get by living with someone who I love and made a commitment to.

Some of the feedback I received was initially hard to accept at first, but it eventually taught me the things I can & should change about myself, and proved that there are certain things inherent in my personality that I should not try to change.

In essence, I discovered who I was first-hand by being married, became a better person and discovered my own limitations as a human being.

Was it necessary?

ABSOLUTELY! It would have been really hard to learn these things if I was single, and next to impossible to learn them in the same amount of time that I did.

The necessity of marriage comes from the life experience a person can gain by being married.

NOTES:

• This post is in response to a question asked on @musing:
  https://musing.io/q/resuscitate/f359nqzcw?r=profile-chrisrice

• I am personality type: ENFP
  https://www.16personalities.com/enfp-personality

• I have been married to @emaferice since March 5, 2010 and we have one son together, @zaclucasrice.

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