If youre in a relationship that you feel is great, and youre hoping youll be together a long time, maybe buy a place together, maybe even have children, isnt it kind of weird not to apply the concept marriage to what youre thinking? I dont necessarily mean to get married, but to think of marriage as a typical part of those other things. Isnt it, in fact, a bad sign for the relationship if marriage isnt at least part of the concept? And isnt a long time, in this situation, hopefully the rest of your life?