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I don't blame importerswife for marrying her one bit, good decision on his part. Same with MLV's hubby.
Great renovation on the house btw Importerswife, my shower looks similar to your's but I haven't finished yet, too busy being a irresponsible single guy tehehe.
Hey nothing wrong with marriage if it is true love and you feel judgement wise you made a good call. People who marry just for the sake of a trophy or because they think they must be married so they aren't alone I don't agree with.
All depends on your perspective. While I agree that I would never want to be an old, single, childless guy, and that my most important gig on this earth is father, I don't expect every person to agree with me.
Some men should not be fathers, and some women should not be mothers.
The benefit is that "marriage" is a civil contract giving both parties legal recourse.
Some of the benefits are
joint parenting;
joint adoption;
joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents);
status as next-of-kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent;
joint insurance policies for home, auto and health;
dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support;
immigration and residency for partners from other countries; inheritance automatically in the absence of a will;
joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment;
inheritance of jointly-owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate);
benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare;
spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home;
veterans' discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns;
joint filing of customs claims when traveling;
wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child;
decision-making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her;
crime victims' recovery benefits;
loss of consortium tort benefits;
domestic violence protection orders;
judicial protections and evidentiary immunity;
You dont have to be married to cheat. You dont have to be married to take someone to court for your share of assests.
Excellent post - now this is the type of analysis that I am looking for.
You even addressed the fact that you can take your unmarried partner to court for a share of assets.
That was just an example... honestly it doesn't matter if he's rich.
Even if both were making the same amount of contribution to the family net worth, there is still no benefit to men.
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Originally Posted by HappyDaysCopenhagenSkoal
why should one get a blow-up doll?
I understand the "stay single" part...
but the blow-up doll?
I said get a blow up doll because according to you, even if a woman provides equal monetary contribution to the family, you see no benefit. So I ask...why bother with a woman at all?
I'm a woman, and I can't understand the benefit of getting married either, other than insurance benefits and not having to have a will that explicitly gives everything to my partner. However, for my husband's family marriage seemed to mean more...so we gave in and married last year, after 7 years of being together good as married. Whatever. Being a "Mrs" is still weird to me.
I said get a blow up doll because according to you, even if a woman provides equal monetary contribution to the family, you see no benefit. So I ask...why bother with a woman at all?
Well you could turn it around and say even if a woman does not provide equal monetary contribution, does that mean there is no benefit?
To be clear about this thread, I was saying there is no benefit to marriage for men.
But that doesn't mean that I am against having a girlfriend/partner for the rest of my life.
Honestly, I hope my present relationship with the girl is the one that lasts a lifetime, but when and if we'll be married, I have no idea... hence the question about benefits.
In any case, 2mares wrote an excellent well-informed summary of the benefits. As long as there is love, commitment, and trust, those benefits have some value.
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