Why would any man get married?

[BrilloPad]

I refer the honourable member to my original comment - it's an out of date notion.

Annulment or marriage?

[vetran]

"Why would any man get married?"

I refer you to our episode of Escape to the Country ...

You mean to find someone willing to put up with you in Lycra?

[vetran]

He keeps falling for the old lie " when we're married I'll swallow....."

You didn't sort that out before the wedding? 7Ps..

[BrilloPad]

You mean to find someone willing to put up with you in Lycra?

On L2B I was very impressed with the lycra. Well I was with mudskipper and then I looked elsewhere....

[vetran]

On L2B I was very impressed with the lycra. Well I was with mudskipper and then I looked elsewhere....

Well my training partner and her aunts looked good in tutus.

[Gibbon]

I refer the honourable member to my original comment - it's an out of date notion.

In the ancient context absolutely. Unfortunately in law it brings many advantages around old age and death. If you're not married then all sorts of crap can happen, such as inheritance tax and access to bank accounts, and if the deceased has children to previous relationships then NoK issues can writ large.

But even without those issues its life affirming that two people love each other so much that they are prepared to live in misery until death does them part

[Whorty]

You mean to find someone willing to put up with you in Lycra?

That was the least Mrs W had to put up with .... she was a very tolerant person.

[vetran]

In the ancient context absolutely. Unfortunately in law it brings many advantages around old age and death. If you're not married then all sorts of crap can happen, such as inheritance tax and access to bank accounts, and if the deceased has children to previous relationships then NoK issues can writ large.

But even without those issues its life affirming that two people love each other so much that they are prepared to live in misery until death does them part

Well about 50% of them the others divorce and fight until they waste the inheritance.

If I ruled the world I would define rights based on children (DNA test required), separation and payment of child maintenance would be managed by flowcharts & administrators ruled by judges. Inventing abuse claims or trying for more than a fair share would be quickly stopped.

If you marry or cohabit with someone then you get out what you put in, if you don't contribute you don't get as much.

[Whorty]

In the ancient context absolutely. Unfortunately in law it brings many advantages around old age and death. If you're not married then all sorts of crap can happen, such as inheritance tax and access to bank accounts, and if the deceased has children to previous relationships then NoK issues can writ large

Mrs W and I got married back in the day because it seemed the thing to do, but we talked about this later in life and said that really we'd have been just as content as a couple without the need to marry.

But, and as you say above, once Mrs W knew she was dying we'd have 100% got married as the whole IHT, probate etc is so outdated that it's necessary to be married to stop the Gov't taking 'their' pound of flesh. Grieving and having to deal with the loss of your partner is bad enough, but having to deal with everything as a non-married partner is added stress that no one wants.

But even without those issues its life affirming that two people love each other so much that they are prepared to live in misery until death does them part

[vetran]

Mrs W and I got married back in the day because it seemed the thing to do, but we talked about this later in life and said that really we'd have been just as content as a couple without the need to marry.

But, and as you say above, once Mrs W knew she was dying we'd have 100% got married as the whole IHT, probate etc is so outdated that it's necessary to be married to stop the Gov't taking 'their' pound of flesh. Grieving and having to deal with the loss of your partner is bad enough, but having to deal with everything as a non-married partner is added stress that no one wants.

Yes my father was glad he was married (as was I, otherwise I would really be a bastard!) when we lost my mother. He then a few years later lost his subsequent partner to cancer, the paperwork was a lot harder in the second case, if his partner's mother had not been alive it would have been near impossible.