Process Essay: The Five Components Of Marriage

Marriage is an approved relationship socially. There are five components of marriage which are: emotional, ceremonial, legal, sexual faithfulness, and parenting. I believe that I am going to be married in the future because of my relationship status right now. Right now I have a partner, who I have been with for over four years, as of right now. We plan on staying together and getting married later on in our life. Within, my four years of relationship with my special mate, we have encountered the five components of making marriage successful. Our relationship does have emotions involved because we are compassionate towards each other that we care about our partner’s feelings. Ceremonial and legal in our relationship isn’t quite there yet because we are not married yet, but our relationship is legal because we both are the same age as each other. The next component would be sexual faithfulness, which we both agree not to have another relationship with another person, and that we are committed to each other. In my relationship we haven’t discussed parenting because we are not married, or have children, but when we do we plan on sharing responsibilities. As a relationship grows, both partners could expect some pressure develop in the relationship. …show more content…
For instance one of my assets is Education. Education gives my partner characteristics of being able to work efficiently, smart, and knowledgeable with certain topics. Another asset of mine that I look for in characteristics from my partner is to be able to bring fortune. Fortune can bring some great characteristics in your partner by being able to see the value of money, trustworthy, and able to provide when needed to be. One last asset that brings characteristics is being athletic. Being athletic makes your partner emotionally stronger, and healthier because they realize how not working out can take a toll on their