How important is it that a couple intending to marry should make sure that they can support a family financially before marrying?
Factors such as extended family system, societies with strong communal bond, city living vs village living, the current economic situation of your country etc are likely to affect your answer.
It would be helpful if you could state in your comments the factors that affected you in making your decision.
- Very Important
- Somewhat Important
- Not Important
- Not Important At All
- Others (Please Specify)
Answer the question at dpoll.xyz.
Voted for Very Important.
Very important, i could not warrant spending the money on a wedding and getting married if not. It really depends on if we are talking about the usually expensive weddings which are all over now or a simple one. I dont think I will ever marry to be honest. Maybe only out of respect, or if my future partner really wanted to. But personally i dont need someone else to tell me that i love someone, or feel the need to prove it. But who am I to judge others intentions. They must have reasons. :-) so very important if its me but not if its others so maybe i selected the wrong answer!
Thanks for the vote @j1upineya. The question is more for financial support for the family than the wedding expenses. There are societies where couples get married very young and live in extended families. The head of the extended family sees to the financial welfare of all members of the extended family and everyone contributes to the welfare of the extended family. Most of us are not even aware of such a system but they still do exist in many societies around the world.
Wow i cant get my head around it.. do you have a link? So confusing! So they basically look after everyone.. ahh i see well no one needs to male sure they can support extended family. If they wish to thats fine but not forced upon by pressure of the society the person lives in. I think I got it right this time!
This link will be a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_family
Wow interesting, I never knew about this.
Congratulations @devann!
Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade for newcomers in the following category:
I also upvoted your post to increase its reward
If you like my work to promote newcomers and give them more visibility on the Steem blockchain, consider to vote for my witness!
Thanks for the note and upvote, @arcange. Blessings.
Voted for Very Important.
Thanks for the vote, @vimukthi. Assuming you were in one of the situations described in my answer above, would you still vote for Very Important?
Yes
Voted for Somewhat Important.
Thanks for your vote, @hafizullah. Most people answered it as "Very Important." Why do you think it is NOT Very Important?
Voted for Not Important At All.
That is a bold statement @valth. It will be interesting to know why you think so. Could you elaborate? Thanks.
Voted for Very Important.
Being independant as a family to your elders is important. Otherwise, elders tend to interfere with your decisions if they support you financially.
Thanks for the vote @emrebeyler.
Would your answer be any different assuming you belong to a Muslim Extended Family or an Hindu Joint Family?
Voted for Very Important.
Thanks for the vote @sereze. Do you think it is still very important if the couple lives in an extended family environment where all their basic financial needs are taken care of by the elders?
Voted for Very Important.
Thanks for the vote @akomoajong. Do you think it is still very important if the couple lives in an extended family environment where all their basic financial needs are taken care of by the elders?
Voted for Very Important.
Thanks for the vote, @abbak7. Do you think it is still very important if the couple lives in an extended family environment in a village where it is customary for the head of family to make sure that everyone within the extended family lives comfortably?
Then... It is not very important...
Posted using Partiko Android
Voted for Very Important.
Thanks for the vote, @suntree. Blessings.
Thanks for contributing to the dPoll content.
You have been upvoted from our community curation account (@dpoll.curation) in courtesy of emrebeyler.
Come, join our community at dPoll discord server.
If you want to support dPoll curation, you can also delegate some steem power. Quick steem connect links to delegate:
50SP | 100SP | 250SP | 500SP
Voted for Somewhat Important.
I have known of couples who after getting married combined their resources to do business and increase their wealth, which they could not do before getting married. They could increase their wealth because of their families' and friends' support wanting to see them succeed as newly married couples.
In the case of extended families (which can be found among Muslim communities) and joint families (which is found among the Hindu families), newly married couples need not make financial security their top priority as they have the financial support of the extended families or joint families.
Thus, the importance of financial security for newly married couples very much depends on their circumstances.
For most people who live in modern societies in the city in a nuclear family, I reckon, it will be very important. But it may not be so for people living in the villages, where life is simple and the demands are few.