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Originally Posted by Oldhag1
Children.
When my kids were little the government didn't have to support them or me because I was married to their father and he paid everything. It has been repeatedly shown that fathers that are married to their child's mother are more willing to financially and emotionally support their children.
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Originally Posted by Vergofa
So enter a civil union contract with him.
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I suppose because no one has hammered into our heads that civil unions are an obligation, marriage on the other hand has religious meaning to us. Realistically, if the societal pressure to marry didn't exist, why would he bother to enter a civil union with me when it would be cheaper for him to just allow the social safety nets to take care of the children? The government could then pay for all my pregnancies, he'd only have to pay for single person insurance, the kids and I could get WIC, the kids and I could get food stamps, we could get section 8, free and reduced lunch, and all those things that cost you money. Oh, when I became disabled due to an illness 2 years ago I would have qualified for SSI except he made too much money. If I hadn't married him you'd be supporting me the rest of my life instead of him. Marriage has been no financial bargain for him, it has been an emotional and moral choice. Those two things have nothing to do with civil unions. That is business and it would not be a good business decision for him. Just saying.
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