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- From: keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance
- Subject: Re: Getting Married: Grounds for Insanity Plea?
- Keywords: Off Your Rocker
- Message-ID: <198@cnmhnet.UUCP>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 23:06:16 GMT
- References: <stone.721680394@cwis>
- Organization: California-Nevada Methodist Homes
- Lines: 31
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- In article <stone.721680394@cwis> stone@cwis.unomaha.edu (Travis Stone) writes:
- >Can anyone give me (a minimum) of three good, logical reasons
- >why people should marry? It strikes me as a silly and unnecessary
-
- I couldn't agree more, Travis. I could never figure out
- why people marry either, for the same reasons you described.
- I looked at it like this; I figured that marriage was for life,
- and I notice that the average life expectancy is 75 years old.
- That would mean that if one gets married at age 20, then they
- would be stuck with one person for 55 years! I just know
- that they would have to get bored with each other. That is
- why I really didn't worry about marriage. I liked getting
- different women, and if one doesn't work out, I just move
- on. Things are so much simpler that way. However, if you
- do meet someone who you want to have some type of long-term
- relationship with, the living-together syndrome is a viable
- alternative, but it has it's drawbacks. Example, in some
- states, even though the two people are living together without
- the benefit of marriage, if the relationship fails, then it
- is possible for one partner to sue the other under the
- infamous "palimony" statutes. Also, some states recognize
- the legality of common law marriages, when someone lives
- with another for a set period of time. I think that you
- are better off setting up some form of legal agreement, prior
- to coming together in a relationship, either by marriage or
- just living together. I'm referring to a prenuptial agreement.
- Also, if this is implemented, then when one gets married, you
- can take advantage of the tax benefits, and still be protected
- by the prenuptial agreement.
- --Keith
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