7 Kinds of Marriages – and One Awesome Alternative
Don't let anyone tell you what kind of marriage to have – or that you must
   Want to have a successful marriage? Never mind all that how-to stuff
   of your marriage.
   The secret to a great marriage is deciding what you want your marriage
   traditional version of marriage imaginable.
   Whatever you want from your marriage, just be sure you are on the same
   interested in redefining your marriage). Then put it in writing. Make
   it legal. Because that's what marriage really is – a legal contract!
   If you and your spouse get out of your marriage what you two decided
   together was what you actually wanted from your marriage, then guess
   what? Your marriage is a success! It doesn't matter if other people
   turn up their noses at the kind of marriage you choose – it's your
   marriage, not theirs.
   Do": Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists, and Rebels. I reviewed
   7 kinds of marriages they describe.
   Do-It-Yourself Marriages: 7 Possibilities
   #1 Starter marriage: Couples want to try out marriage for a
   renew their marriage or move on to a different kind of marriage.
   #2 Companionship marriage: This is another marriage that is not about
   #3 Parenting marriage: This model of marriage is all about the
   #4 Safety marriage: Some people marry for money. Others marry for
   #5 Living alone together marriage: This marriage is for people who say
   #6 Open marriage: Spouses have other partners but they are not sneaking
   stable marriage but not a monogamous one. The "consensual" part means
   #7 Covenant marriage:  Whereas all of the other versions of "the new 'I
   marriage, covenant marriage ups the ante. It is only for unions of one
   man and one woman. The marriages are harder to get into (premarital
   Three states offer covenant marriages – Louisiana, Arizona, and
   types of marriage – single life! Live it fully, joyfully, and
   society that are not mentally capable of sustaining a marriage. But for
   most people, marriage should be a LIFE contract between two people. For
     society that are not mentally capable of sustaining a marriage. But
     for most people, marriage should be a LIFE contract between two
   Nice wish, but most marriages end after only 12 years in the USA. And
   there is nothing new about marriages of convenience, arranged, for
   quietly open their marriage to keep it alive, rather than disrupting
Open Marriages
     society that are not mentally capable of sustaining a marriage. But
     for most people, marriage should be a LIFE contract between two
     Nice wish, but most marriages end after only 12 years in the USA.
     And there is nothing new about marriages of convenience, arranged,
     quietly open their marriage to keep it alive, rather than disrupting
   marriages are.
   it's important to point out that marriage is firstly a civil contract.
   marriage does not involve "God". These marriages last just as long as
   Christian marriages do.
"Starter Marriage"
   Why would anyone enter a "starter" marriage?
   say, two years? Does anyone in a starter marriage believe his partner
     Why would anyone enter a "starter" marriage?
Marriage vs. cohabitation
   e-same-as-marriage/
   to do is eliminate the legal protection of marriage and leave only
   Marriage" should then it is the same living together. I would think
   resistance there is to actually formally doing marriage differently and
   Whether we like it (or agree with it) marriage IS changing at breakneck
Marriage is not for everyone
   Marriage is not for everyone.
   if I didn't feel the whole 'marriage' package was what I wanted; that
   because this validates marriage as a paradigm or the norm, which it is
   The types of marriage described here sound a bit like a hungover from
   marriage (I am also going to put a three people marriage on the table).
   to enter an ‘alternative’ type of marriage freedom of choice or
7 kinds of marriage
   they are a sexless roommate, and a mixed marriage! We live as #6 open
   We must never forget that marriages are always contracts and there is
   of marriages that society forces on individuals. Majority of people are
   made for marriages. People with PD suffer a lot because of these
   expectations laid down by systems of marriages, irrespective of society
   marriages must be kept open. In any case, people find their ways of
     * The Great Unraveling: Marriage Liberated Us by Coming Undone