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/^t/It is said that man is one of those creatures who needs companion to develop his personality and skills. Although almost everyone needs some loneliness from time to time, he needs much more someone to rely on. That is why a little girl looks for a friend to play with her in a sand box, a boy spends so much time with his peers riding a bicycle and that is why a man looks for a woman with which he could spend the rest of his life. If he is lucky he will succeed. However, for men, unlike for women, the rediness for being together for good and bad does not always equal "marriage". The reason is that women and men percieve "marriage" in slightly different ways.