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I was thinking about purchasing an engagement ring, but all of this talk about buying cows has made me hungry. Maybe I will get a side of beef instead.
I was thinking about purchasing an engagement ring, but all of this talk about buying cows has made me hungry. Maybe I will get a side of beef instead.
Well you know what they say! Never go food shopping on an empty stomach LOL
I was thinking about purchasing an engagement ring, but all of this talk about buying cows has made me hungry. Maybe I will get a side of beef instead.
The only reason family law even exists is because once a man is "on the outs" with his woman, through a divorce or breakup, it seems that he thinks his responsibility as a provider and father to the family he created has ended. If he can't have direct and un-fettered access to what was previously his woman and un-fettered access to the children he shares with the woman, then he thinks that financial responsibility for the household he created belongs to "someone else"
To make matters worse there are some women in divorced situations who take advantage of men who DON'T play the deadbeat card! I am aware of this. I understand a man being bitter who is being played by a greedy ex-spouse or partner, but I don't understand the bitterness of men who were unwilling to should their load of the responsibilities anyway.
There are many good reasons for getting married. However, I will focus only on some of the financial ones.
Many men are so obsessed by the fear of losing money after divorce that they fail to realize that marriage also confers some significant financial benefits. For example, in my state (Illinois), a married couple can take possession of their primary residence under a rule called tenancy in the entirety. Under this rule, if either of the partners in the marriage should fall into debt, creditors are legally prohibited from forcing the sale of their home in order to satisfy that debt. That is an extremely significant legal and financial protection, and it is only available to married couples.
Also, consider that if one partner in a marriage dies unexpectedly, all that person's assets immediately transfer to the surviving partner. That is not the case if the couple isn't married. If the couple isn't married, not only would the deceased partner's assets have to go through probate (and be diminished by taxation), but the surviving partner might not end up getting those assets at all. In the absence of a legal relationship, other relatives may well have a stronger legal claim to those assets than the surviving partner. Gay people go through this kind of problem all the time.
And don't think not getting married will save you from having to pay child support if you and your partner have kids together. It won't. A lot of men have this delusion that if they just don't get married, they can walk away from a long-term relationship at any time, owing nothing to anyone and never having to look back. That is 100% false.
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