Husband and Wives should be neighbours

Why do people believe that after marriage, they have to move in together and do everything together?

It really is a strange thing to do. Why can't they just be neighbours?

Let's think about the concept of marriage. In a typical two person relationship, the couple dates, courts, falls in love and decides to get married. The marriage is done through a wedding ceremony usually and a legally binding document is signed by both parties. This document makes both parties legal representatives and caregivers of each other. The agreement does not stipulate that the couple live together.

Living by oneself is hard enough as it is, living with another person can be very difficult. Many newly weds experience utter shock after living together for a short while. Some people blow their nose and eat it. Some scatter clothes all over the house . some pee on the toilet seat. Some don't know that cleaning means more than vacuuming and organising chairs. Some think it's OK to shower only two or three times a week. There are so many ways in which individuals differ, why would we want to iimpose our strange and sometimes nasty ways on the person who we love so much?

Since we love each other very much, let's keep it that way and share a fence. Let's be neighbours. That way, we can be close but not so close as to disgust each other. We can see each other everyday and sleep in the same bed when we choose to. You would argue less because if you don't like something in your spouse's house, then you can simply go to your house. If he didn't wash his sheets or his house smells like feet, you can simply leave and return when it is in a more habitable state and to top it off, he can visit you until such a time occurs.

Being neighbours would also make you both more ambitious. There wouldn't be such a big fuss over splitting the family house in half if a divorce were to take place. The woman wouldn't transfer all her financial needs unto her spouse and her spouse wouldnt become financially burdened by marriage. This would definitely make happier spouses. What do you think?