In the United States, I think it's mostly tax and insurance advantages. I'm only half joking, there.
Some of it is sentimental, traditional, and religious, I'm sure.
I know that when I got divorced, I said that I would never remarry. I wasn't against falling in love with someone and living "in sin" with them for the rest of my life, but I was never, ever geting married again. And what did I do the second Chris asked me if I would marry him? Said YES. I don't regret it for one nanosecond.
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