1. To spite parents. Believe it or not, some people get married in order to spite or get back at their parents. “I’m so sick and tired of having to do everything they tell me! I’ll show them! I don’t have to stay around here anymore!” They may resent their parents’ rules or chafe under their parents’ discipline. They may be angry over their parents’ disapproval of their friends, particularly that spe- cial boyfriend or girlfriend. That anger or resentment may drive them to do something foolish, like getting married without thinking it through.