Well, so.... don't do it? Like I posted upthread, you can also just tell the spouse you want to live at their house. You still keep your player abodes, but they stay in their space and you have yours. Skyrim spouses are pretty low commitment. They're not going to come knocking on the door of Vlindrel Hall wanting alimony. If it makes you uneasy to roleplay a married character, just don't do it. I personally find it very sweet that someone in Skyrim gives a crap about my PC's existence, rp'ly speaking. Everyone else wants something from her, but Balimund just thinks it's nice to see her and gives her some material comfort. I don't think it's necessarily a happily ever after. Not a lot of lives in Tamriel end up that way, but so what? It's still a good story. For two out of my 3 characters, marriage is not in the cards and their story is about something else.

IRL I'm coming up on year five with my hunk of burning love and so I have nothing bad to say about marriage. He was the best thing I ever did. If you get my meaning.

I got married because of the roleplaying aspect and I always enjoyed the romance aspects in the Bioware games. Now, when I sleep in the same bed as my husband (I married Vorstag lol) I still only get the 10% well rested bonus. Not sure if it's a glitch or what.

If you use your spouse's store, your cut can be much higher than 100 gold. BUT, I wouldn't marry for the 5% bonus or the low gold amount. It's more of a story thing. If you panic don't do it. It's really not necessary to get married. One dungeon crawl brings in way more gold than your spouse lol Oh and after moving around a few times, my husband stopped cooking for me. Oh well, I still like having him around LOL

I would like to marry Brynjolf... his Scottish accent is just dreamy... LOL

By the way, the marriage system is a nice try, but OMG Beth has still a lot to learn in the romance area. hahahaha

We don't need Bioware romances in TES or Fallout. I've fangirled myself, it's true, but the whole dynamic is so overhyped and crass.

Yeah, I thought that was pretty hot, too.



That's so sweet.
I was wondering about balimund. He seems like a nice sweet old guy and would probably be very loving. It's either him or the two brothers in the companions, lycanthropy or not I bet they'd be alot of fun.

My thoughts exactly.
It's better to have it than not have it. Romance being a common element in humanity adds depth to the game, like any other content.

Bioware style? No. It's definitely better not to have it.

I got married for the hell of it Skyrim is my first TES so yeah the only other game I played by Bethesda was Fallout New Vegas.

It was worth it got a great companion and after getting lost in the game and then realizing we have a shop I get a pretty nice amount of money which helps.

But I did notice that she has become very silent she rarely talks anymore when we go out and explore. I think she might be seeing someone else. Might have to kill her if that's the case!

Unless, she's Ysolda, who some people on the forums claim to that she is a dragon is disguise.

But those are just claims, right?

As an optional feature it would. BioWare does force-feed the player romance sideplots, but I'm thinking of it in Skyrim setting where (almost) all NPC interactions are optional and up to the player.

It's Mjoll the Lioness that I married...I find it weird when I accidentally tell her to leave that in 2 seconds that guy who is always two feet from her when you first meet her in Riften comes running in.

Aerin is a peeper.

I have gotten married as early as possible in my second and third chars. The 100 g per day is huge boon at lower levels, as is the stamina boost. Once you get to where they aren't really affecting your game, leave your wife at one of your houses and run off. Just go back every months or so to collect your 3k g.

Get married. Kill wife. Make zombie. Listen to her mooooooan. It's so much better than having Lydia nag at me.

Indeed wonder if you can kill him? Then again Mjoll will probably wan't to kill me for the rest of my game.

Tell her to wait some where. Go slit Aerin's throat. Stuff his body into a book shelf or whatever.

Get her to follow you again.

It is imperative that you sneak attack and slit his throat. No witnesses. She will be none the wiser and need you to console her with your muscles.

Getting married is great because your husband or wife is also an extra vendor plus getting some extra coin is always nice. The only thing that svcks is I don't get my rested bonuses even though I cured myself of Werewolfness. That is still a broken part of the game.

I'm having fun being married to Farkas. We adventure together all over Skyrim. What's not to like about him? Once a day, he gives me a home cooked meal and 100 G. And you should see him standing around brooding with his big old Ebony Warhammer. And that sixy voice? Whoo, baby!

I do like that blacksmith in Riften. I always get him his fire salts. Then he always says "comeback any time. You're quite welcome here."hehe

I married Aela my first game. She's fine I guess, but she's got some weird wife dialogue. When you ask her to cook she blurts out "I CAN!!!!HERE!!....this is fresh."
This is fresh???

Why isn't Vex or Sapphire Marriageable? QQ, it made me cry when i found out you couldn't marry them. At least make them followers, they're my favorite Thieves guild characters.

I found it pointless.