Girls, he says, run away because their parents cannot afford dowries to get them married, and they don't want to be a burden to their families anymore.
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Much to the chagrin of their parents who want them to get married, they stay single.
Yvette said she used to tell people she'd eventually get married to make them feel comfortable.
As long as Brad and Angie make sure they have their estate in order so their children are provided for should something happen to them, why get married?
"I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married, " he wrote in an op-ed in The Columbus Dispatch.
By some estimates, a quarter of married women want contraceptives but cannot get them.
Often their families encourage them to stay home from school and get married.
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"In Japan, women take the initiative to get married -- and the trend for them had been to focus on their career and enjoy single life, " explained Ritsuko Matsui, a prominent psychiatrist who counseled survivors of Japan's last devastating quake around Kobe in 1995, which left more than 6, 000 people dead.
If Robin and Terry both have complicated lives this could get rather messy as recomputing their tax as married might give them three sets of carryovers to subsequent years.
"We chose not to put lots of shares in trust for our children because we wanted them to finish high school, go to college, get married and be goal-oriented, " says Knight, whose company ranks 70 on our 200 Best list.
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