Can a husband and wife be called a family?

My mom is curious of how a husband and wife would be represented. I told her as a couple, but she disagrees with my dad and I. I know that there are various types of families, but I only want to know one thing. Wouldn't a family (related) be a husband and wife with at least one kid (typically), and a couple would be somebody like boyfriend,girlfriend/husband,wife?Can a husband and wife be called a family?
Yes, a husband %26amp; wife are a family, and they can also be referred to as a couple. They can add to their family by having or adopting children, but the husband %26amp; wife are the foundation of the family.Can a husband and wife be called a family?
Technically on tax forms and in the governments eyes, you are a family regardless of whether you have children once you are married. A couple is the idea of being involved with one another in a relationship that is committed and exclusive, but where each of you maintains a certain amount of independence. Once you get married that all changes. You are working together as a unit. Two people making up something greater than themselves. There are vows and a union to be upheld. You are legally attached to one another plus on whatever other levels you may consider to be involved. You have announced to the world with witnesses and paperwork that you two are two parts to one entity. That is what makes you a family. Pieces of a whole. A couple is just two independent entities that fit alongside one another.





For example ... when buying a case of soda you can pick up a six-pack. You could buy a couple of cans. Heck there are a couple of cans in a six-pack. But what makes the soda a six pack is that it's got all the pieces AND that little bit of plastic. Buying six independent cans would not give you that plastic that holds it all together. So you have six ... but it's six ones .... hope that makes sense.
I think it's a semantic difference, which means I see your point but I view it somewhat differently. I think a husband and wife are indeed a family based on the commitment they've obviously made and the vows that they've taken. Whether or not they have children is irrelevant. Some couples either cannot have children or do not want them (for whatever reason). They are not considered somehow less valid family units because of their decision or circumstance. Husbands and wives are the nuclei of families from which all other possible permutations evolve. Granted, this is only my opinion. Very interesting question, by the way.
I agree that a husband and wife is a couple. If you add a kid or a live in parent then it becomes a family. A mom and kid make a family or a dad and kid can be a family, but just the husband and wife--that's a couple.
Husband and wife is considered a couple.


Boyfriend and girlfriend is also considered a couple.


But when the husband and wife make love and get a child/children its considered a family since now there united!
You are exactly right a husband and wife/ girlfriend and boyfriend would be called a couple and the husband and wife and child would be called a family.
It depends on the context. Like on a formal invitation or a sign or something, you would say ';Mr. and Mrs. Smith,'; but a more informal noting you could say ';The Smith Family.'; Just trust your own judgment.
i agree with you, i think a family is at least a wife, husband, or gf and bf, with at least one child,


like you said
hasband %26amp;wife called like couples.When having they first child it called small family.Hasband%26amp;wife with two childrens called a family. Hope i helped
';Family'; and ';couple'; are not mutually exclusive. A couple can be a family: a family of two.
Well you and your dad are kind of right by in some cases a mom and a dad can be called a family.
Well first you this is a opinion question so i think yes but other people may say no so you cant really tell your both wrong because there is no right question.
No a Husband and wife are a family, children are not necessary for the definition.
Usually called couple or husband and wife, not family.
haha. a husband and wife can be considered a family... I know lots of ppl who are a family but don't have kids... they have pets :)
No, once they are married they are a family with or without a child. At least that is what my insurance company says.
yes.


A couple is husband/wife , boyfriend/girlfriend.


When they have a child they are a family.
They are still Family...cause you now have a mother in law and father in law...so I would think that would make you a part of a family even with out kids!
My thought is that a couple is a family. And if children come about the family grows.
A couple is a family
i would call that a family!!!!!!


good luck %26lt;3
yes a family has to have a kid