It kind of annoys me how people say things like “Well, that’s different because you’re not married.” or “You’re just not family because you’re not his wife.”

What’s the difference if someone has been together like 10 years, have a child, live together, and not married vs. someone that just got married? I’m not talking about in terms of government but things from the heart. Why should the day you say “I do” change things like how you feel about the person or how it “AUTOMATICALLY” makes them more important than being a girlfriend?

I was arguing with some people because I guess I accidentally offended a married couple when I said it was a piece of paper. I didn’t mean to make it sound like it was worthless to be married, but my point was that saying “I do” shouldn’t automatically make you more important just because. I just don’t see a difference if you’re committed to them in your heart. But until then people say “Oh, well you’re not married so you’re not that important.