A huge expense if you go for a traditional hotel wedding and possibly an even bigger expense to clean up the mess if you break up.
Is it worth the hassle?
Is it worth the hassle?
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Is Getting Married Still Worth It Nowadays? General Chat
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Depends on whether you attach any value to giving and receiving the formal, public commitments involved. If you do then obviously, yeah, marriage has a point.
If you don't, it may still have a point as a way of accessing adminstrative treatment appropriate to a committed, exclusive, conjugal couple - joint tax assessment, automatic inheritance rights, etc. Some of these you can replicate by, e.g. making a will in appropriate terms; others, like joint assessment, are not replicable. But marriage provides a convenient way of accessing the entire package, if that's what you want.
If you don't, it may still have a point as a way of accessing adminstrative treatment appropriate to a committed, exclusive, conjugal couple - joint tax assessment, automatic inheritance rights, etc. Some of these you can replicate by, e.g. making a will in appropriate terms; others, like joint assessment, are not replicable. But marriage provides a convenient way of accessing the entire package, if that's what you want.
The huge expense is optional.
Good for inheritance, tax credits, bereavement leave, automatic guardianship of any children etc.
Aside from the financial and legal benefits I see marriage as a public statement of life long (hopefully!) commitment to each other. There's just an added security to it I think especially when there are children involved. It seals the relationship, puts it on a more permanent footing and sends out the message that this relationship is for life (hopefully, of course!)
So, I would say that it is worth it, just choose well if possible parthner wise.
Good for inheritance, tax credits, bereavement leave, automatic guardianship of any children etc.
Aside from the financial and legal benefits I see marriage as a public statement of life long (hopefully!) commitment to each other. There's just an added security to it I think especially when there are children involved. It seals the relationship, puts it on a more permanent footing and sends out the message that this relationship is for life (hopefully, of course!)
So, I would say that it is worth it, just choose well if possible parthner wise.
No. Lots of people aren't bothered about getting married nowadays. It's just a legal document. As long as you're legally sorted so you have all the benefits of being married - wills, next of kin etc.
If you retain your financial independence and are aware of all the benefits and drawbacks of remaining unmarried, that's fine.
If you retain your financial independence and are aware of all the benefits and drawbacks of remaining unmarried, that's fine.
