How is being married different than dating?

I just want to know how being married is different than just dating? How long have you been married?How is being married different than dating?
The first guy's answer is weird - I'm married and when my wife and I go on a date, we both go home afterward.





It's different than dating because it provides the comforting security of a lifetime commitment. It is therefore a much more relaxed and worry-free relationship than dating.





I have been married for 22 years so far.How is being married different than dating?
Being married, you get to come home to the person you love every night. You have your best friend by your side through thick and thin. You are with the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.


Also when dating you can just cut the ties and move on being married, you get a divorce and have to go though who gets what.


For me I love being married. I married my best friend literally we have been best friends since i was 14, I am 24 now. To know that one person wants to spend the rest of their lives with you is an awesome feeling.
Marriage comes with obligation but that obligation should come out of love. With just dating, there is no obligation of any kind.





Marriage allows you to file your taxes together and ';married filing joint'; is the hightest tax bracket, which usually means a bigger return. Dating is irrevelant when filing your taxes.





Marriage, where the mother's last name is same as her husband's, allows your children to automatically take on the father's surname. Dating means you have to file for a name change and can result in a fight if the situation isn't discussed in detail.





Marriage allows you to make decisions regarding your spouses health, such as being taken off life support or approving a particular surgery. Dating doesn't allow you to make any decisions regardless of age and/or how long you've been together, if your state doesn't recognize common law marriages. To tack on to that, obtaining a death certificate or getting money from social security or life insurance is relatively easy when you're married. When you're just dating, it's almost impossible.





There are many other differences but those come to mind off hand.
I have been married 41 years and to this date we do not fuss or fight. If we have a disagreement we talk it out. The difference between dating and getting married is. When you marry you make a commitment and earn security with your mate. When dating there is nothing to hold you together and its like saying I can quit anytime I want. I will not quote scripture but man and woman a instructed to separate from Mother and Father and join together as one. The longer you into a relationship the more you trust and the longer your together the stronger the love builds. Security is the answer I would have to give for being married.
Many, many years. The difference, well for one it is a commitment that is legal on paper, and also it is honoring to God and his plan for the family. The reason why we have so much divorce accepted, teenagers having kids, men screwing everyone they can find, and the entire reason the Jerry Springer show exists is because of the lack of honor and respect for the family unit. Hope this helps. If you have doubt about the person you want to marry, then don't take the plunge. It should be forever, not for a year or a few months like these foolish and bad example celebrities!
Been married 10 years, been together for 12. Marriage is different b/c you have to learn to work through issues, even when you feel like running away. You also have think of your spouse's feelings first before your own and vice versa, to keep a happy union. There is no room for being selfish, and one stupid act of deception or lies, will haunt you for a long time. Where as when you are dating, you can just break up if you are unhappy....marriage you can divorce.....but there are so many more factors to consider, children, fiances etc.
10 years, and the diff is being together every day, no matter what, thats the diff, not too much into it, just that. You have to be very mature to be married, Oh and you get to have sex all the time, unless you get an old ladie who wants it once a day or once a week, lol
I have been dating my wife of 15 years for about 17 years. I still treat her the same way I did then. I open doors, be polite, call her everyday and say I love you, pull her hair out of the toilet when she is puking... LOL


We still do the dating thing and we have been very happy. Being married is fun, but you gotta work at it.
Dating isn't serious or committed. Dating is just fun and games. At the end of a date, you go home. You can date more than one person.





Marriage is a permanent date. It involves day to day crap and learning to put up with it or change it. It means committing to one person.
When you're married there is feeling that you're in it together, like it's the two of you against the world. And when you argue you don't have anywhere to go so you have to really face every issue that comes up head on. It's taught me a lot about myself.





Married 1 year
You get a pretty ring when you're married ; ) LOL But seriously, When you're dating, everything is exciting and it seems like things speed up, but when you're married everything seems to slow down.
There isn't enough room on your screen for me to tell you the differences. Just know, everything is different!!!





Some good different, some bad different.





married 12 years and still counting........
Dating - 70% Committed





Married - 100% Committed (Becos the law says so)
u together 24 /7 now its gonna b different give it time ....not married but been together 30 years
dating is all about you


marriage is all about your spouse, which you enjoy!
Commitment. There's no revolving exit door.
How is owning different than renting?
When dating you get to go home after the date.





Married 25 years


Divorced 5 years





I like dating
Haha...ha...ha...sigh...
well decision making is a two person job you, your together all the time you share your space





4 years