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If I remarry I lose all my survivor benefits from my dearly departed husband. Would anybody actually remarry and lose all this? That seems totally crazy to me, but, I'm curious do people actually do that?
People do Marry because they are not chasing money they really should not be getting because of prior circumstances.
They want to be Married because they love their partner and do not want to live with them without Marriage or have an affair.
If I remarry I lose all my survivor benefits from my dearly departed husband. Would anybody actually remarry and lose all this? That seems totally crazy to me, but, I'm curious do people actually do that?
Of course they do. I knew two who did not, though, my great-grandmother and my husband's aunt.
People do Marry because they are not chasing money they really should not be getting because of prior circumstances.
They want to be Married because they love their partner and do not want to live with them without Marriage or have an affair.
Why would a widow not be entitled to her husband's pension? That's ridiculous. Most people WANT their spouse to collect their pension or retirement if they die first. In fact, that's one of the reasons that some people marry in the first place - to ensure their spouse will be taken care of in the event of death.
I think that it would definitely be something to consider when thinking about remarrying. I think that when people remarry when they are older - things like pension, retirement, children's inheritance, etc. are all rings to consider before making a decision. When you are starting out in life and getting married - it's a different ballgame. I don't think there are right or wrong answers here - just different choices for different people.
If I remarry I lose all my survivor benefits from my dearly departed husband. Would anybody actually remarry and lose all this? That seems totally crazy to me, but, I'm curious do people actually do that?
Some do and some don't.
Some need the money, some don't.
Some puts more importance in being legally married, some are ok with being in a committed relationship w/o it.
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Why would a widow not be entitled to her husband's pension? That's ridiculous. Most people WANT their spouse to collect their pension or retirement if they die first.
I agree. But lets throw out a scenario:
Lets say that pension receiving person moves in with someone and decides not to marry them in order to keep the pension, is there an ethical issue with that?
Is it all that different than a welfare receiving individual moving in with someone and not marrying in order to stay on the dole?
Does it make a difference if the pension is tax payer funded (like welfare) as opposed to private sector funded?
Those are worthy of ethical debates, IMO, as general concepts.
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