Reasons to Get Married OR NOT. Singaporean style(edited)

Singaporeans..
Who have no dreams, goals.

"In Singapore you start living by yourself [only] when you register for a flat and get married, which kind of sucks because so many things hit you at the same time.

You haven’t even learned how to manage your own finances; now you’re expected to manage finances of your new family and cope with a bunch of other things and make decisions, which have been made for you for the past 20+ years.

So it’s a big culture shock I think for Singaporeans: people need to feel some sort of impact in their lives before they care about things."

You're a pain, but let's get married anyway

"Among those in the survey who consider themselves unhappy, most cited disagreements with their partners on a number of issues, or said they disliked their partners' personality or that there were problems communicating effectively..."

which means although people dislike their partners or couldnt communicate well still get married in the end

and just for fun

Here I dispense top 10 reasons you should not use to get married

1) All my friends are getting married, it must be my cue...
Wake up your idea, girlfriend! Who cares if your friends are getting married!??! This is a once in a lifetime thing, so if you haven't found that special someone, don't rush.... as Phua Chu Kang says it best, DON'T PWAY PWAY!!!!

2) I better get married before my and my bf's income exceeds $8K (cannot ballot for HDB flat anymore!!!!!)
Honey, if you marry the wrong person, the procedures for signing the divorce/annulment papers will set you back a couple of wedding rings.

I have heard of cases eg, the couple requested their employer NOT to raise their pay so that their total income can be below 8K and thus can qualify for HDB and all the subsidies.

3) I want to live away from my parents.
Yeap, living away from your parents and "feeding" yourself probably means, welcome to your new life of lifelong mortgages and an unending stream of debts (think weter, electricity, car, furniture installments).

Yes, THINK AGAIN. Do you really wanna get weaned off your parents???

I also heard of couples living off(not with) their parents after they got married.
why marry when you cant even support yourself duh, how to even support your family when you have kids, "oh never mind, hubby/parents can take care of everything, he should be glad that i am willing to marry him"

4) If I tie my bf down then he won't cheat on me anymore (if he already is or has not yet)
Girls, men don't change after marriage. If they do, it's NEVER for the better. Shackling them down means shackling yourself down. Why settle?

maybe he has been cheating just that you are the "permanent and official" gf to bring to parents

5) Doesn't matter if divorce, I get 50% anyway
Yeah, just that if you do get divorced, the chances of you finding another man that's eligible and willing to overlook that is 50% also.... (not saying that all divorced women are bad, depends on situations right?)

there's the thing called the pre-nuptial agreement

6) I can have parental consent for "premarital sex"
Yeap, you've just signed your own consent form to being the lifelong "slave" of a testosterone molecule oozing of ego. Yeap, you also have consented to, like I said paying all your bills yourself, washing your husband's underwear, washing the house, washing the floor, ironing a mountain of clothes, cooking dinner and meals for 2 people.

i already seen on forums the extend of underage sex or premartial sex
someone asked why there's no age group for below 16 at which gals lose their virginity,
its call RAPE, if you do not know.
the papers never publish the number of young mummies or young couples who "shotgun" only
enough said

7) No more excuse or disapproval to stay overnight at his place
R you dumb or R u dumb? Would you give up 2 houses for 1?

8) Sounds fun! Never tried it before! I'm adventurous! Plus it come with a free diamond ring!!!
Yup, if you like adventure so much, go live in the Alcatraz. Free diamond ring? More like your payment to sell yourself to slavery.

then what have you been doing before getting married?

9) I can be a tai tai and talk cock sing, song and play mahjong all day long!
Wat to talk cock? Go find the ah peks at the coffeeshop, wanna play mahjong, come find me, want to sing song ... go Kbox can? More worth it...

wow, such meaningful life.

Life AFTER marriage?

10) I want a baby as a pet!
I'm sure you do. I mean all you have to do for this new pet is wake up every 2 hours to let him nibble on your tits, wipe it's shit filled stinky ass and burp spoilt milk in your face. Y not?

what happens if the baby outgrown its "cuteness factor"?

*****

though the reasons are made in jest, its not all without basis.
Not meaning to demean those who are married or those getting married, its all for the fun of it :P
after all the "baby/marriage talk" recently
What are YOUR reasons to get married then?