'Surely' ... only because someone tries to tell you / me it is. I don't listen to them. ;-)
Again, I don't do any 'festival' so others can call it what they like.
Sure ... because I don't 'do' religion I don't do any of the shenanigans that go with them, in the same way I don't do birthdays or 'celebrate' anything really, or not in a way that others seem to want (/ feel obliged) to do and often on mass.
At the same time I appreciate every day I wake up and that I enjoy reasonable health and a reasonable life. ;-)
I don't 'believe in' marriage (as a construct) as it doesn't do anything for me (in spite of being happily / legally 'married' for nearly 30 years now). eg. We aren't still together because we are married, we are still together because we want to be (therefore the marriage bit is pointless, for the reasons most people seem to view / treat it anyway).
The people who don't get any of that are the very people I'm talking about ... who I believe in many cases just go along with it all because they don't want to be considered strange or antisocial.
Her: I really don't want to go to the party on Saturday ... Him: Don't go then? Her: Don't be ridiculous, we can't not go!
Cheers, T i m