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Due to the concept of filial piety and following rites of propriety, marriage was a costly affair and seen as second only to funeral ceremonies. The use of a matchmaker was meant to ensure that the husband and wife were compatible with each other and that the marriage followed proper rituals, but primarily worked in the families' best interests.
The husband too was expected to love his wife as much as he loves himself, and honour her more than he honours himself; [8] indeed, one who honours his wife was said, by the classical rabbis, to be rewarded with wealth. [9] Similarly, a husband was expected to discuss with his wife any worldly matters that might arise in his life. [9]
I will love you and honour you all the days of my life. In the United States, Catholic wedding vows may also take the following form: [5] I, ____, take you, ____, to be my lawfully wedded (husband/wife), to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.
Gautama Buddha never spoke against marriage [3] but instead pointed out some of the difficulties of marriage. [3] He is quoted in the Parabhava Sutta as saying: [4]. Not to be contented with one's own wife, and to be seen with harlots and the wives of others—this is a cause of one's downfall.
Baháʼí marriage is union of a man and a woman. Its purpose is mainly spiritual and is to foster harmony, fellowship and unity between the two partners. [1] The Baháʼí teachings on marriage call it a fortress for well-being and salvation and place marriage and the family as the foundation of the structure of human society.
We are everlasting lover and beloved. We never separate. We are eternally husband and wife; never do we become mother and father. No offspring is seen in our lap. We are lover and beloved ever-embracing. In between us we do not permit any third creature demanding affection. Our life is a life of perpetual pleasures. [2]