faerievixen2 and my conclusion:

[angelak]

"Not lookin for kids, so who needs to marry young?"

heh.

-Angela

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[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

*grins* After having Been There and Dun That, my conclusion now is ... why get married, unless there's a compelling reason to do the legal thing? I'm perfectly happy with making a spiritual commitment, and as far as I'm concerned that's the important one, anyway.

[vixenesque93.livejournal.com]

my conclusion now is ... why get married, unless there's a compelling reason to do the legal thing?

Tax breaks/legal perks that unmarried couples don't get? Only reason I can think of offhand. My aunt was with her now-husband for 16 years before they got hitched last year.

:)

[ithisia.livejournal.com]

Very true, in many ways.

-Angela

[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

At this point, the only reason I could see myself getting married would be if one of my partners became terribly and/or chronically ill and didn't have health benefits. The tax benefits aren't all that great, and pretty much everything else can be handled in other ways--powers-of-attorney and such.

[quetz.livejournal.com]

Like others have said, Insurance Benefits! Plus, if something happened to your partner, you'd want to be able to be there in the ER for them, right?

[quetz.livejournal.com]

...and...should you be legally married, the property-rights issues can get quite complicated, should you separate.

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[quetz.livejournal.com]

*looks you up* You make liqueurs? *adds you* I must get your recipes!

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[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

Added you back. :-) Check my memories; there are a few of the better ones there and I'll be adding more.

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[ithisia.livejournal.com]

The LJ web in action...

-Angela

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[quetz.livejournal.com]

It's an Amoeba. It's alive, it reaches out a pseudopod and assimilates people, and we're all part of something organic.