I love my husband also and can't imagine living an eternity without him.  I don't think that we could even imagine the beauty and happiness in heaven while we are still on earth.  We may not be husband and wife, we may be something even better!

I think heaven was created for worship, not for marriage. And, I also think that once we get to heaven earthly things will not matter.

I guess I simply do not think of marriage as earthly - I believe it can be a struggle, but I also truly feel it is HEAVENLY in nature.  I believe it was given to us and families are given to us as a part of heaven on earth.

Not to be lame, but I fully believe Carolyn Hamilton Klopfer had it right when she penned:

Home can be a heav'n on earth When we are filled with love,
Bringing happiness and joy, Rich blessing from above,
Warmth and kidness, charity, Safety and security - 
Making home a part of heaven, where we want to be.

Drawing family near each week We'll keep love burning bright.
Serving Him with cheerful hearts, We'l grow in truth and light.
Parents teach and lead the way, Children honor and obey,
Reaching for our home in heaven, Where we want to stay.

Praying daily in our home, We'll feel His love divine;
Searching scriptures faithfully, We'll nourish heart and mind.
Singing hymns of thanks we'll say, "Father help us find the way
Leading to our home in heaven, where we long to stay"

Just as God gave us the Holy Spirit - which is a part of Heaven, He gave us our families, families aren't only earthly, they are eternal!  I believe we will be worshipping God in heaven too - and I believe we will be doing it as a family.

I don't want to just be friends with my husband, if I wanted that I likely wouldn't have married him - and NO I'm not just talking about the physical grandeurs of marriage - but more of the selfless love one develops for someone they truly love.  I love him, and I want to continue our lives together after death.  THIS is the teaching we have - that together we will worship God as a FAMILY.  Not one big party, but a family unit. 

Emma Smith called to Joseph in her last few minutes of life.  My husband's grandmother (in her last minutes) and my grandmother (who is currently in the last stages of life) have talked of seeing their husbands as they get closer to death.  FAMILY - God's plan is to be FAMILY together with HIM as the head of the family.  I don't know all of how it works, but I know I do not want to give up my sealing to my husband or my children for anything in the world.  It is heavenly - quite literally, not earthly.  Nothing as good as family comes from worldly things.

What is even more wonderful is knowing we can be a family in the presence of God! 

Just because you want something to be a certain way doesn't mean it WILL be that way, no matter what religion you practice.  I know you don't want "one big party, but a family unit" but when you get there, that "big party" might be just what your soul has been yearning for. 

Have you heard of the Christian band Mercy Me?  They have a song titled, "I can only imagine"  go to Amazon.com and take a listen...I am not sure what other sources will let you hear the song, but here are the words....When I get to heaven, I will have other things on my mind.  Hereis the youtube video link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sw9RnNRrjU

I can only imagine
What it will be like,
When I walk by Your side

I can only imagine,
What my eyes will see,
When Your Face is before me

I can only imagine
Yeah

Surrounded by Your Glory,
What will my heart feel
Will I dance for you, Jesus
Or in awe of You, be still
Will I stand in Your presence
Or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing "Hallelujah"
Will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine
I can only imagine

I can only imagine
When that day comes,
And I find myself standing in the Sun
I can only imagine
When all I will do is forever, forever worship You
I can only imagine
Yeah I can only imagine

Surrounded by Your Glory,
What will my heart feel
Will I dance for you, Jesus
Or in awe of You, be still
Will I stand in Your presence
Or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing "Hallelujah"
Will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine
Yeah I can only imagine

Surrounded by Your Glory
What will my heart feel
Will I dance for you, Jesus
Or in awe of You, be still
Will I stand in Your presence
Or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing "Hallelujah"
Will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine
Yeah I can only imagine

I can only imagine
Yeah I can only imagine
I can only imagine
I can only imagine

I can only imagine
When all I do is forever, forever worship You
I can only imagine

We are not upset at the idea of being single.  We know we will be married  Really, I feel for the people who WANT to be married in heaven, and spend their lives thinking they won't be able to.  Because they CAN be married in heaven - forever with their family. 

I might also suggest, we do not ignore the Bible, we have a different interpretation (which I think has already been explained) but there is no ignoring going on.  I once asked my dad to tell my which vs in the scriptures are most important.  He asked why I wanted to know and I let him know I wanted to high-light them.  He turned to me and said, every scripture is important, and if you high-light the important ones you will soon find the entire book is high-lighted.  I learned something very important that day, and I fully believe it.  EVERY vs has an important message.  None of it should be ignored.

We are taught, and the LDS church holds to that in our lives there should be an order of importance:

1.  God
2. Family
3. Church service (callings, helping, temple work, etc)
4.  Good, wholesome things
5.  Good, wholesome things

We do not put our family above God, but family is the next most important thing.  Why is it taught this way - because as I said before, we KNOW the family unit is a piece of heaven.  We know it was not given to us for use only on earth - what purpose would it have here if it didn't exist in heaven? 

I mentioned being married in heaven once in passing.  She stopped looked at me and said "You believe what?"  I showed her The Family Proclamation  and she said, "I never thought about being with family, I always imagined living eternity sitting on my own little cloud worshipping God."

I guess the difference is, my cloud will have my family on it too!  To me, living on my 'own little cloud' is very lonely.  It isn't that I don't believe we will be loving everyone in heaven.  I do believe that.  and I really think it will be 'couples' in heaven, and my kids will still come to visit, KWIM, so the "big party" isn't what I would consider completely wrong, but I do believe my husband and I will still be a couple - sharing a cloud (actually I think heaven will be a busy place! With little time for sitting - but clouds sound OK for now )  Gives me lots of incentive to me nice to him

Genesis 2:5 "and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to work the ground,"
Adam was made.
Genesis 2:18 "The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
After this was when God made the beasts and birds. Still no suitable helper was found so he took one of Adams ribs and made a woman.
Genesis 2:24 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."
For this reason! To be a helper in life on earth. They become one FLESH.
Chapter 3 talks about the serpent and how he is crafty and can put ideas in to your head. Being sealed to the one you love for all eternity sounds so wonderful, I can certainly see how you would want it so badly. I do hope you are right.

Women want to be married in heaven, so their husbands aren't happier than they are.

You seem to be arguing that someone back in the time of Peter, James, John, and other apostles could simply have accepted Christ without their ministration at all. Sort of an early-Christian era non-denominational church approach. It's clear, though, that this wouldn't have worked. Philip preached and baptized, but obviously didn't have the authority to give the gift of the Holy Ghost. Peter and John went to Samaria to perform this ordinance:

Paul, when he found people who professed belief in Christ and had already been baptized but who clearly not been properly taught by authorized priesthood authority, baptized these people again.

Well, which brand or flavor of non-Mormon Christianity is patterened exactly after "what the Bible says?" The Mennonites? Seventh-day Adventists? Methodists? Lutheran (Missouri Synod or regular)? Four Square Gospel Fellowship? Calvary Chapel/non-denominational? Church of the Nazarene? Christian Science? Episcopal/Anglican? Pentacostal? New Apostolic? Baptist (free or Southern)? Megachurch? Televangelist? Jehovah's Witnesses? Presbyterian? Congregationalist? Assemblies of God? Disciples of Christ? Black liberation churches? Etc., etc.

Same Bible, vastly different interpretations. Mormonism is the only branch of Christianity that offers tangible revelations that complement the Bible and burn through all of the interference and static, once one has received confirmation through the Holy Spirit that they are true and from God.

JasonY:

one of my main issues with this belief is that without it (according to LDS) I wouldn't be able to see God in the highest kingdom correct? It has already been stated that without temple sealing and rituals and rites, I can't get there...therfore, I can't see God...herego, I am basically in "hell." To say that without temple sealings, marriages, rituals, and rites one can't get into heaven is not Biblical. The Bible says that anyone who believes in his heart that he is saved and that Jesus rose from the dead, he will be saved (and have eternal life).

Also, the idea that so much weight is placed on it is a little unnerving. I still do not understand why whether you are married in heaven forever and eternity has any bearing on heaven at all. It just seems like a non-issue. Which confirms to me the skewed views of heaven, Bible etc...that have been portrayed here and elsewhere.