07-31-2003, 04:32 AM
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Pixies Den Mother
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: No-Hockey Land, dammit!!
Posts: 11,897
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Well, I guess in some ways it goes against my upbringing to advocate "living together" as opposed to marriage. Another disadvantage of not being married to each other is that if, God forbid, anything should happen to one of the people involved then the remaining partner has no standing. By that I mean they have no say in any medical treatment, cannot inherit any property or death benefits, have no say over the funeral, those sorts of things.The marriage license may only be a piece of paper, but it's a mighty damned important piece of paper.
All that being said, since I currently have two sons living with their S/Os and one who did live with a now ex S/O, it's a moot point.
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