If you truly love your partner, does a ring and a ceremony really do anything?

I know there are certain legal situations where an official marriage changes who has certain rights, but aren’t those same rights available if you make other legally-official decisions E.G. a will or trusts, etc?

I’m generally curious why people get married beyond the “because I love them” when it costs so much money.

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    I got married while standing in a river and I incorporated a pagan ritual in front of a select few of unsuspecting parents and their spouses.

    Worth.

    A month and a half later we held a fancy reception dinner and served pancakes.

    Also worth.