The Languish marriage poll

[crazy canuck]

I was married at a young age.  I am glad I avoided the dating scene I saw people go through in their late 20s-40s.

[Gups]

I've been with the same beautiful, intelligent, vivacious woman for 20 years now. Just hope the wife never finds out.

I'll get me coat.

[Gups]

Actually been 12 years now, but we're not married. We both want to, mainly for tax reasons but neither of us can be arsed organising it.

[garbon]

I was married at a young age.  I am glad I avoided the dating scene I saw people go through in their late 20s-40s.

I guess it sounds like a good thing to avoid if one's whole goal is to hurry up and find the one.

[Jacob]

Actually been 12 years now, but we're not married. We both want to, mainly for tax reasons but neither of us can be arsed organising it.

Don't organize it.

Do it on your next vacation somewhere, or just step up to city hall and get it done.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Yes, just pop into the registry office with a couple of mates and have a few drinks afterwards.

[Razgovory]

Both of the first two options.

Same here, but who am I kidding?

[Gups]

Yeah, I kind of agree but I'd quite like my son and the rest of my family to be there. Mind try to arrange a very small do and then have a big party after.

[Ed Anger]

Yeah, I kind of agree but I'd quite like my son and the rest of my family to be there. Mind try to arrange a very small do and then have a big party after.

That is what me and my wife did. Small church service, open bar reception with catered food.

[Ideologue]

Actually been 12 years now, but we're not married. We both want to, mainly for tax reasons but neither of us can be arsed organising it.

Don't organize it.

Do it on your next vacation somewhere, or just step up to city hall and get it done.

Or just start calling yourself married.  Works here.

[Richard Hakluyt]

There are still useful tax benefits in the UK Ide, especially if you are quite well-off anyway.

[Ideologue]

There are still useful tax benefits in the UK Ide, especially if you are quite well-off anyway.

No, I mean, it actually, legally works as a binding marriage here.

It probably does not work in the UK; it doesn't work in most states; but I was also kidding.

[Richard Hakluyt]

There are still useful tax benefits in the UK Ide, especially if you are quite well-off anyway.

No, I mean, it actually, legally works as a binding marriage here.

Hmmm, but what happens if you then say that you are not, after all, married?

[Ideologue]

There are still useful tax benefits in the UK Ide, especially if you are quite well-off anyway.

No, I mean, it actually, legally works as a binding marriage here.

Hmmm, but what happens if you then say that you are not, after all, married?

No such thing as common law divorce.  You have to go through regular channels.

The dispute there would be establishing the existence of a common law marriage.  Joint filing of tax returns along with cohabitancy is, iirc, more than sufficient.  Indeed, SC has some bizarre case law involving community reputation as potentially sufficient in itself.

So there was a lot of joking around with my law school pals about me pointedly refuting it any time they referred to Korea as my common law wife.

[Malthus]

Never married, absolutely no plans to marry though if I'm with a girl who really wants to I guess I might. Though I really won't be happy if she insists on a big fancy party for it. In return anal shall be demanded. And more.

Thread winner.

Only if the "anal, and more" is made part of the wedding service.

"Well, once you let them write their own vows, you knew it would come to this eventualy ..."