Marriage is the creation of a new brach of family and this act changes creates new identities. It changes people and how individuals are viewed. There is the traditional identity change by the women, who takes on her husbands name. Even though many couples are now choosing to keep both last names, it is still a highly practiced tradition . A wife or husband is now tied to their spouse. A person may reference the spouse as 'the wife of 'or 'the husband of '. Also, with this they are now seen as married, they receive the label of taken or no longer available.
Then with the loss individual identity, there is the creation of a couples identity. With marriage comes the melding of both husbands and wife's identity, they become one of the same. For example they may now be called the Huffmans or the Saunders. With marriage you must be willing to create a new identity, join a new family and create a new life. Many people try hard to keep their own personal identity but despite this people will see them as a couple. With government documents, banking, insurance, doctor visits, paper work, business, and the everyday routine the two identities will conjoin to create the that of a family.
People are not bound by their labels and their labels are not bound to them. An identity will never stay the same. Wether an identity changes due to marriage or the birth of a child, it will change as a person grows throughout life. With the growth of love comes the growth of an identity.
