The Marriage Effect Novels & Stories

There was still a sense of distance. Lani nodded, and Maris began to share. "His father and I married for the benefit of our families, meaning it was a marriage without love. We married to ensure long-term cooperation and the development of both companies, so naturally, our married life was not happy at all." Maris's eyes gradually filled with sorrow as she recalled the unhappy memories. She continued, explaining that due to their incompatible personalities, she and Kane's father constantly argued. From a young age, Kane witnessed their frequent conflicts and observed their cold and distant interactions.

How could Lucas get so excited over a simple black and white picture? But now the tables were turned on Andreas. Even before his marriage and Vlora's pregnancy, he felt an enthusiasm that was beyond prediction. It made him understand something. That a baby was a small being that had a great influence. Even an immense influence, capable of enchanting grown men like them. Andreas' smile widened. “It seems that getting married is indeed the right idea.” Amanda and Vian could clearly see the difference in Andreas' expression. Without a doubt, Andreas looked like someone who was impatiently awaiting his wedding day.

I said to them as I stormed out, still bitterly annoyed by their sudden attitude. And who said marriage has anything to do with managing a company? All my cousins who are married, I can see how well they've been doing in handling their businesses- by causing trouble from one end to the other, sometimes Grandma will talk to me to help them sort their messes, and if marriage is supposed to determine how good someone can handle a company, why am I then doing better than them?

she asked pouting her lips and looking meek. “It wouldn't change anything” “Ofcourse it would” she insisted. “Will you marry me if we did it?” he asked. Elaine swallowed the next thing she had to say as she just stared at him. “Why should I marry you?” she asked back. The word marriage was a turn-off for Elaine, after what she had gone through with Richard, she knew she was never going to marriage in the same light as she did before. To her, marriages were just a way of inflicting misery on a person.

"Wait, sir! M-marriage? Really? You want me to marry you? Are you—" She couldn't finish what she was saying because he cut her off, but there was still a hint of shock on her face. "Don't overreact, okay? I'm not done yet," he said. "You told me that your grandmother is in the hospital, right? You need your work to support your grandmother's medical needs. I'll be honest with you, you can't support your grandmother's hospital bills just by working at the store. Even if you get tired from working, it won't be enough. I just want you to marry me for some reason, and I know that you too will benefit from this."

Marriage, sometimes we call it matrimony or wedlock. It is a formal union and social and legal contract between two individuals that unites their lives legally, economically, and emotionally. It is a union between people, called spouses, that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. But do all marriages involve love and attachment with your significant other? A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than that of love and commitment. Instead, such a marriage is entered into for personal gain, hiding one's homosexuality or some sort of strategic purpose. Have you ever heard of La

"How ref‌reshingly adolescent. Let me educate you about something, my dea⁠r. Love is a fairy ta‌l‍e we tell ourselves to make th⁠e transaction of m‌arriage more p‍alatable. The realit⁠y is far more practical." She⁠ stood and walk‌ed to the window agai‍n, her silhouette sharp against the‍ bright sky. "M⁠ar‍riage, re‌a‌l marriage in families like ours‌, serves two purposes. Repro⁠ductio⁠n and str⁠ategic alliance."‌ She glanced back at me over her shoul‌der. "‍You‌ b‌rin⁠g no strateg⁠ic value to the Blackwood name. No business connections⁠, no political influen⁠ce, no soci⁠al s‍tanding. Which leaves o‌n‍ly one p‍ossible u‍se for you⁠."

I looked at hubby who signaled to stop what he was doing when he bit my nail. "Marriage is a vital social institution. The exclusive commitment of two individuals to each other nurtures love and mutual support; it brings stability to our society. for those who choose to marry, and for their children, marriage provides an abundance of social benefits, as well as obligations. killed, father looked at my hand. Hey, will he put me in jail because I killed a louse? So sorry father, sorry papa Jesus.

The man I had married six months ago in a ceremony that felt more like a corporate merger than a wedding. Our families had arranged everything from the beginning. The Moreaus owned half the luxury real estate in three states. The Voss family controlled the shipping and logistics that moved goods through those properties. The merger would save both sides billions in the long run. The wedding was huge. Televised in certain circles. Covered in magazines that called it “the union of the decade.” We smiled for the cameras, said our vows in front of five hundred people, and then retreated to separate suites on our honeymoon in the Maldives. I spent the week reading novels on the beach alone.

1 Marriage. A word that changes human lives in a different yet sometimes beautiful way. For lovers; marriage means the celebration of love, peace, joy or a forever they promised to each other. Finding a home in someone, dedicating your whole life to that person and experiencing everything with them is said to be living in a dream world whereas only a few get to live in it till the end. These eight are stronger than any other word in the world because it purely means a new phase of life. However, for some, it could only mean signing up for a death warrant.