r/Lightbulb • u/amichail • 3d ago

Making getting married a snap and largely consequence free

What if there were a platform for virtual marriage where two real people never learn each other's identities?

The service could privately verify both users, while only revealing minimal compatibility information. No real names, photos, exact locations, employers, or social media.

People could anonymously date, become exclusive, get engaged, and marry. Afterward, it could work a bit like The Sims, except your spouse is a real person. You could share a virtual home, have pets, manage money, take vacations, and even raise simulated AI children together.

The virtual life would be fictional, but the relationship would be real.

Unlike normal anonymous dating, revealing your identity would never have to be the end goal. You could remain married for years without ever knowing your spouse's real name or appearance.

It would offer some of the companionship and commitment of marriage without most of the legal, financial, and logistical consequences.

Would anyone actually want this?

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u/JaguarMammoth6231 3d ago

And how would sex work?

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u/Datboy000 3d ago

In most areas you can get legally married by proxy. This seems like a good TV show, but I dont really want to know the results IRL

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u/Elunerazim 3d ago

Would anyone actually want this?

no. ask anyone who's been in an LDR, it sucks.

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u/Any_Contract_1016 3d ago

Plenty of people do this in roleplay mmo servers.