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Some people may be drawn to a marriage of convenience for ease and personal gain, but the reality is that there can be serious problems with marrying for convenience.<\/span><\/p>\n Learning about the convenient marriage and problems that arise can be helpful for <\/span>ensuring a happy and healthy marriage.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The first step in understanding why living in a marriage of convenience is problematic is learning about the definition of a convenient marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n According to <\/span>The Encyclopedia of World Problems & Human Potential<\/span><\/a>, marrying for convenience occurs for reasons other than love. Instead, the convenient marriage is for some sort of personal gains, such as for money or for political reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n In some cases, two people may agree to such a marriage so that one person can legally enter another country where their spouse resides.<\/span><\/p>\n As another <\/span>relationship expert<\/span><\/a> has succinctly explained, a marriage of convenience is not about love or compatibility but rather about the mutual benefit, such as financial gain, that each partner obtains from the relationship. <\/span><\/p>\n In some instances, those who are involved in such a marriage may not even live together.<\/span><\/p>\n As previously stated, the marriage of convenience occurs not because of love but because of a mutual benefit or some sort of selfish gain that one partner achieves from the marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n Some common reasons for such a marriage may be as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n The convenient marriage based on money occurs when a person “marries rich” to acquire wealth, but has no emotional connection or real interest in their spouse. <\/span><\/p>\n This can also occur when a person wants to be a stay-at-home-parent and enters into a convenient marriage in order to benefit from the financial support of the spouse.<\/span><\/p>\n For instance, the couple may have children together, and one partner, who does not desire to have a career, stays at home while the other spouse financially supports the other. <\/span><\/p>\n Such a marriage may also be based on business. Two people may enter into a business agreement and have a marriage that focuses solely on their work. This could occur when a woman marries a business owner and becomes his assistant.<\/span><\/p>\n Similar to business partnerships, the relationship of convenience may occur for career advancement.<\/span><\/p>\n For instance, if one member of the partnership is studying medicine and the other is already a practicing physician, the two may marry for career advancement. <\/span><\/p>\n The student benefits from linkage to internships and residencies, and the physician benefits from creating networking opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n In some cases, a person might enter into the marriage of convenience because they simply haven’t found “the one.” <\/span>Fearful of being alone<\/span><\/a> forever, they marry someone who is readily available without first establishing a true connection or a loving relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n According to marriage psychology experts, sometimes people become involved in a marriage of convenience when they are not really in love or emotionally connected, but parental obligations keep them together.<\/span><\/p>\n In this case, they stay together for convenience to avoid breaking up the family.<\/span><\/p>\n Other reasons for such a marriage include selfish reasons, such as marrying to enter into another country, or marrying someone to benefit a political career. <\/span><\/p>\n For instance, an up-and-coming politician may marry a young socialite to improve his public image for the purpose of political campaigning.<\/span><\/p>\n Beyond these reasons, sometimes people remain in a convenient marriage and tolerate life without love or passion, simply out of habit.<\/span><\/p>\n They become accustomed to a certain way of living because it is simple, and it is what they know. <\/span><\/p>\n The relationship of convenience may also continue because a couple does not want to deal with the burden of selling a home, dividing property, or handling the financial ramifications of splitting.<\/span><\/p>\n It is simply easier to stay together in some cases than it is to <\/span>file for divorce<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n In some instances, perhaps the wife stays at home and cares for the children, and there is a marriage at his convenience, because the husband, who is financially supporting the family, does not want to leave his wife and divide his assets in half.<\/span><\/p>\n Also watch: Is there anything wrong with marrying for money?<\/b><\/span>What is a marriage of convenience?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>Reasons for the marriage of convenience<\/span><\/h2>\n
For money <\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>
For business reasons<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>
To advance their careers<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>
Because of loneliness<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>
To benefit the children<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>
For other selfish benefits<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>