<human>: So title kinda says it all.  I have been with her for 2 years. We have been living together most of that 2 years do to circumstances.  We have a great life, both have nice jobs, we have no relationship issues nor have we ever had a disagreement.  

My problem?  I am an atheist who really does not care about the whole marriage thing besides for the government/legal aspect of it.  I have always openly communicated with my girlfriend about this. We have decided we would be better off eloping and taking a getaway vacation for ourselves.  We both love each other irregardless of being binded together. Really the biggest benefit would be the easierness of sharing stuff such as when we want to buy a house. Which is on our radar. We have been looking at houses as it would be a great idea to build equity rather than waste money at rent.  We have the money for it but know that the societal consensus is to get married before you buy a house together. 

My girlfriend has already said she would say yes if I propose so that is a non issue as well. I am just worried about societal norms.  I dont want us to be seen as rushing into things and getting married for the wrong reasons by family and peers.  However since it really is not an issue about getting married for the commitment but rather getting married for easier merging of identities for buying stuff/kids eventually its a weird gray area.

We already have a great setup for finances and that wouldn't change either.  We do proportion based bill paying for shared expenses and have already decided that until kids come along, we would keep separate bank accounts.  Everything feels so right because we have talked about it all in detail.  We just work well together and are both set up where neither one of us is in a power position.

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<bot>: Everything seems right but society says no?  When is a good time to get married if you really dont care about the word marraige?