I still believe in marriage - but I am a die hard romantic!
Second time marriages - totally agree that many people jump in before they have recovered from their first. It can be a "bandaid"- convincing yourself that all is wonderful - I've seen this happen many times. Get married before that euphoria of new love wears thin. But another reason second time marriages fail is because it is the cheaters themselves remarrying. You have to wonder how that will ever work out long term although I have to say - my ex married his "soulmate" 5 years ago and they are still together. Sometimes I believe they would never split because they'd both have to admit they were wrong - LOL. I think living with each other would be Hell.
As far as financial concerns - living together has the same concerns because after a year - you still split 50/50 unless you have a financial agreement that covers you. If I were to marry again, I would go into it with a pre-nup that covered me. Getting married with no assets as I did 35 years ago is one thing but remarrying when you have houses, equity, savings etc is different. You need to protect both parties. But it is no different getting married or living together IMHO.
So, the romanctic part of me would like to remarry, the other part of me says "I have it made - why change things". Josh's take on it is - "marriage is important if you plan to have kids together". Well I can honestly say to that - no way! LOL
