AIBU to believe that there is a qualitative difference between being married and living together? I don't doubt that many unmarried, long-lasting and serious partnerships are valid, loving and caring, but I think there is a difference between that and making marriage vows. There is something quite astonishing, solemn and serious about hearing yourself swear out loud, if you really mean it, to love someone and cherish them for the rest of your life in front of witnesses and, possibly family and friends. Of course marriages fail (my first one did in spite of every effort to preserve it) but marriage makes you feel that there is something worth working to preserve – and, of course, it's much harder to undo.
What were the first ever records that you bought and when?
Parents-in-Law. What do/did you call them?