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Marriage is the bond between two people of the opposite sex that have went in front of a minister and exchanged vows. Marriage is different for every one, and I have been influenced a great deal by my parents. My parents have been married for the past 26 years a ....

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.... their whole lives. Parents believe that marriage is the friendship and closeness which two people share for the rest of their lives. I am a product of my parents and I have much of the same values and beliefs that they have. I was engaged to a girl for a year and a half before I came to a realization that she was not the one that I wanted to settle down with for the rest of my life. I think marriage is a life long companionship. I am glad that I did not get married to that girl because today I would have been divorced. I too have the belief that the person that you wed is to be a friend for life, a person that you are the closest to, and can sh ....