Alright before you find this hilarious just listen to this.

When you get married and speak to that Maromaul or whatever his name is he pretty much as 3 lines "Welcome" to your spouse "Would you take him/her now and forever?" to you "Would you take him/her now and forever" then "Yay you're married!" And everybody immiedatly leaves the moment you say "I Do"

But Joining the circle: "Would you vouch for him/her, to fight by his/her side as a shield Sibling" "Would you lay down your life for him/her" "Would you fight by his/her side and protect him/her from harm" Etc......

Honestly I felt joining the companions circle was more like marriage than the actual act of marrying in skyrim.

The simple solution, of course, is to marry the adorable Farkas.

I agree he is so awesome. Too bad I already married the blacksmith of riften though