anyone divorced in here????

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Originally Posted by Witty

So have the celebration, there's no need to make it a legal thing, which is what marriage is.

It's a legally binding contract...that is pointless imo.

it's not pointless imho

there are a few reasons why that wont apply to you NOW but may in the future

say you're an unmarried couple, living together, with seperate bank accounts

if one of you dies - the money in that account becomes property of your partners estate, it cant be withdrawn until their estate is settled

you may struggle paying for the funeral on your own seeing as the most basic cost £4-4500 now

its fairly morbid to think of the eventuality, but it happens

next lets say 'nationality'

depending on when the childs born, where the parents were born, and their immigration status at the time the child was born - AND THE PARENTS BEING MARRIED - this can have huge implications years later on the childs nationality as a result (say an asian family, child born in India, wanting to become a British citizen) the hoops they have to jump through are unbelievable

without boring the board with the work i do, trust me, those are two of the most important

the last i would like to add from a purely none legal perspective, is that marriage offers great benefits in terms of being associated with lower mortality risk, experience less depression, increases likelihood of affluence and greater sexual satisfaction