Marriage - Beautiful Relationship
Marriage is a legally recognised and socially accepted union, typically between a man and a woman, that is governed by laws, rules, traditions, beliefs, and attitudes that outline the partners' obligations and grant status to their offspring (if any). The many fundamental social and personal functions that marriage provides structure for, including sexual gratification and regulation, the division of labour between the sexes, economic production and consumption, and the satisfaction of personal needs for affection, status, and companionship, are what give marriage its universality across different societies and cultures. Procreation, child care, schooling, socialisation, and lineage regulation are perhaps its three most important functions. Marriage has existed in many different ways over the years. (See tree marriage, polyandry, polygamy, swap marriage, and group marriage. Refer to common-law marriage as well.