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.

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    2 days ago

    What town is this where everybody gets free Tuesday morning weddings?

    Not that I need another one, it just seems to be happening a lot in here

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      This was Meppel but every municipality in the Netherlands has a free marriage half hour. It varies what day it is but it’ll usually be early morning.

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        23 hours ago

        I seem to recall paying a fee. Looking it up online on the website, it would cost $80 today in the county where we got the license.

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      Most municipalities in the Netherlands have one morning per week for free marriages. Not always tuesday though.