What would motivate a woman to want to get married to her common-law partner of several years?

Is it the longing desire of a soul mate? What if she never believed in marriage and all of a sudden did? What are some of the reasons someone, a woman in particular, would have a change of heart? What if the partner does not want to marry because they had agreed that living under common-law was the best thing to do and they believed that they did not need formal recognition to validate the longevity of their relationship?What would motivate a woman to want to get married to her common-law partner of several years?
If a living organism stops growing - it is dead.


Growth is one of the requirements that must be met in order to clasify an organism as alive and not dead.


Relationships work the same way.





If your relationship has stopped growing, it has started dying.


Women, being much more relationship oriented than men, are aware of this on a primal level without necessarily being able to say it. They feel it even if they dont know the words that go to the feeling.





I think she wants to have more. I think she thinks that what she has with you is less than the highest pinnacle of what is possible. I think she wants to make sure your relationship keeps growing and hasn't ... started dying.What would motivate a woman to want to get married to her common-law partner of several years?
Maybe she feels like a sitting duck and feels she needs protection (does she want or have kids)?





Maybe she needs to have some sort of proof that you will never leave her?





Maybe she needs to feel like you choose her over every other woman on the planet, and you WILL choose her every day of her life, 'til death do you part?





Maybe she is turning toward God, and feels like she is sinning without that piece of paper (although the paper doesn't validate it)?





If you choose to marry her, I pray you will make God the 3rd party of your contract.





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Those are all ';cope out'; reasons. A commitment is more permanent that living together. The women may feel that the other person gets all the rewards of being married, but not the responsibilities---People have a right to change their mind about what they think will make them happy.
Legal recognition. Societal recognition. Validation. Children.