I could be wrong, but I have always been under the impression with period dramas that a marriage is considered…
People can have all sorts of expectations about marriage - love, consummation, planning a life together, emotional commitment and all that. But legally? That’s a separate issue.
If two people decide to get married for whatever reason and register it properly, then it’s a valid marriage. Full stop. Whether outsiders think it’s “real” because it lacks romance or traditional elements doesn’t change the legal status.
The real test is this: you can’t just walk away whenever you feel like it. The marriage continues to exist until you formally divorce. Only a legal divorce dissolves it. Until then, neither party can marry someone else, that would be bigamy.
So Ms Xu is looking at it from a social/traditional lens, whether it feels like a “real” marriage. But legally speaking, it absolutely is one.
I could be wrong, but I have always been under the impression with period dramas that a marriage is considered…
Really? I thought the marriage is considered valid once all the rites are done and the bride has entered the groom’s house. So you’d need a divorce or annulment to leave, right? You can’t just walk out, even if it hasn’t been consummated.
Anyhow, now it depends on the marriage registration. Once registered, marriage is done.
The whole concept of "fake marriage" is nonsense in most dramas, because if you got legally married, you…
Then there are the so-called ‘marriage contracts’, which depend solely on the goodwill of the parties to fulfil their promises, as they are otherwise unenforceable in a court of law.
are you telling me to continue it? Currently watching ep 3 but it's so slow. Should I continue it? like when or…
Could you tell me how long their “breakup” in Ep 23 lasts? Like I’m not in for a long angst and heartbreak. After all, seventeen episodes are remaining and it’s not worth it if they make up in the last episodes. ._.)
I’m on the 17th episode and the sister is damn annoying. She’s ready to ditch her parents, brother, and home country because of a man whom she doesn’t even know much and who has made it clear that he won’t ever love her just because of some second-rate background story.
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If two people decide to get married for whatever reason and register it properly, then it’s a valid marriage. Full stop. Whether outsiders think it’s “real” because it lacks romance or traditional elements doesn’t change the legal status.
The real test is this: you can’t just walk away whenever you feel like it. The marriage continues to exist until you formally divorce. Only a legal divorce dissolves it. Until then, neither party can marry someone else, that would be bigamy.
So Ms Xu is looking at it from a social/traditional lens, whether it feels like a “real” marriage. But legally speaking, it absolutely is one.
Anyhow, now it depends on the marriage registration. Once registered, marriage is done.
By the way, when will the marriage approximately take place?