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I never signed any contract when I was married. I just took an oath, one that I and my wife have kept.
As someone now dealing with visa rights related to ancestry, I must say that the legal contract is very important. I have had to go back and obtain my grandmothers birth and marriage documents and I'm very, very glad it was a legal marriage with associated contracts. While I think there is much more to a marriage, the legal aspects matter, and can continue to matter long afterwards.
As to contradictions, I think most people enter a marriage intending to do their best and most feel it will be a lifetime. It may not work out that way, but that doesn't change the intention.
The only time I've ever scoffed at someones vows was at my father's fourth wedding. It was his fourth and her third, and at one point my cousin leaned over and quietly wondered if God actually believed either them anymore, because no one else did. I wish them both well, but no one expects it to last.