No i just dont think it's a good metric for comitment and doesn't encapsulate the spirit of committed relationship. It might actually distract from achieving real meaningful comitment as people do the predefine ceremony which is not very meaningful compared to a more personal ritual and bonding.
I meant mostly relative to just being a couple not single.
You can add co-dependents to all types of insurance (health, travel etc.) which is easier and cheaper for married people than it is for a couple. As for travel itself - visa and all travel bureaucracy is always easier for married people. My wife is Thai and much of the world is super racist against Thai passports so we just piggyback of my EU passport in most countries and of her Thai passport in ASEAN countries - it's a real game changer. Not to mention how differently you are being treated by all bureaucratic and security checks. Being married is like living in the fast lane when it comes to bureaucracy.
Love my wife to bits but I only see marriage as a legal contract. Insurance is easier, travel is easier, everything is so much easier. It's what turned me to equal marriage opportunity activist - there's no reason why this privilege should remain only for 2 different gendered people, that's just incredibly cruel. Ideally this privilege shouldn't exist at all.
You think you are being 100% in control? Drugs are often primarily spiritual by helping people realize that you're never in some mystical 100% control state, it doesn't exist.
Does attacking people like this make you feel better about yourself or something?