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Why get married?

Bodi

Bodi

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Why do people still get married?

Over 50% end in divorce. Complications seeing your children. Ex-spouses often angry with each other. money spent on divorce.

If somebody told you that over 50% of the time your parachute would not open would you actually go skydiving? Obviously not...
 
Bodhisattva said:
Why do people still get married?

Over 50% end in divorce. Complications seeing your children. Ex-spouses often angry with each other. money spent on divorce.

If somebody told you that over 50% of the time your parachute would not open would you actually go skydiving? Obviously not...
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It means almost nothing now, I dont recommend that people continue the practice now that it has been ruined.

You have been pretty mouthy of late.....

Not that I mind naturally...

WHATSUP?

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Bodhisattva said:
Why do people still get married?

Over 50% end in divorce. Complications seeing your children. Ex-spouses often angry with each other. money spent on divorce.

If somebody told you that over 50% of the time your parachute would not open would you actually go skydiving? Obviously not...
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You get married in case you break up. The courts aren't set up to help you separate from playing house.
 
MaggieD said:
You get married in case you break up. The courts aren't set up to help you separate from playing house.
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True, but - lawyers eat your lunch.

Prenups are good.
 
I guess "Because you love them" will elicit boos and jeers? hehe
 
I also don't get it. To think living with someone for over 40-50 years sounds crazy. It always did. I am not sure how can I go that way. I'm 24 and some of my friends from highschool and uni already got married and had children. Society expects it, my family expects it from me, but I don't know. That is hell of a difficult decision to make. God help me.
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
It means almost nothing now, I dont recommend that people continue the practice now that it has been ruined.

You have been pretty mouthy of late.....

Not that I mind naturally...

WHATSUP?

:2wave:
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Have I? It wasn't my intention... I don't normally do Threads but sometimes I get in a roll.
 
........to be able to share your problems with someone that otherwise you'd not be having in the first place.:mrgreen:
 
<alt>doxygen said:
True, but - lawyers eat your lunch.

Prenups are good.
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Most people get so emotional they have to hire a lawyer (plan B) to deal with common sense stuff:
Split the assets or plan b
Agree on visitation or plan b

Bottom line, the more you fight the more it costs and except in unusual cases it makes no difference in the end except you bought your lawyer a new car rather than you.
 
I know more people who have been married 20+ years than I do people who are divorced.
 
MaggieD said:
You get married in case you break up. The courts aren't set up to help you separate from playing house.
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That is a lousy reason but not without some merit. The reason that my girlfriend and I are not married is that her ex is 9 years older than I am and if he were to die then my girlfriend would get about a $1K/month bump in her social security (which would then about equal mine) from the survivor benefit.

We love each other and have been living together for over 12 years, run a business together and are considered married by all that matter including her kids so the legal status change is of no benefit or consequence to either of us. My will leaves her everything (the little that I own, mostly tools) and her 3 daughters are next in line (should she die first or with me) since I have no children.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Have I? It wasn't my intention... I don't normally do Threads but sometimes I get in a roll.
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It's not just that of course, you can be one provocative thought provoking SOB.

I dont mind, I like it, was just wondering what has you on the roll.

Did she **** you over on the kids again maybe?

I am here if you want me.

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ttwtt78640 said:
That is a lousy reason but not without some merit. The reason that my girlfriend and I are not married is that her ex is 9 years older than I am and if he were to die then my girlfriend would get about a $1K/month bump in her social security (which would then about equal mine) from the survivor benefit.

We love each other and have been living together for over 12 years, run a business together and are considered married by all that matter including her kids so the legal status change is of no benefit or consequence to either of us. My will leaves her everything (the little that I own, mostly tools) and her 3 daughters are next in line (should she die first or with me) since I have no children.
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Wow. How old are you sir? May I ask?
 
Bodhisattva said:
I am divorced... but I always assumed that it was the people getting married and divorced multiple times that skewed the statistics... not that the number was based off of the marriages in a year and the divorces in a year. I thought it was over all.
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Congratulations :surrender
 
Hawkeye10 said:
It's not just that of course, you can be one provocative thought provoking SOB.

I dont mind, I like it, was just wondering what has you on the roll.

Did she **** you over on the kids again maybe?

I am here if you want me.

SEVeyesB08_th.gif
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No. Our custody is set. Gonna go golfing with my eldest... get her a set earlier this year. She parred a hole from the woman's tees after a couple of rounds. Been winter so we have not gone out in months so that will be fun. Spring just started here.
 
Bodhisattva said:
No. Our custody is set. Gonna go golfing with my eldest... get her a set earlier this year. She parred a hole from the woman's tees after a couple of rounds. Been winter so we have not gone out in months so that will be fun. Spring just started here.
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May the River Gods be with you MATE!

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