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I'm confused, what does marriage have to do with having babies? It's not a requirement last I checked. I know it has nothing to do with ability, and certainly does not interfere with the process.
I married when Lillian came along, but I've never seen the benefit of it to honest. It's just a lot more paperwork.
Oh, and a bigger tax deduction. Otherwise, nada.
Well I'll bite.
No you don't need to be married to "make" a baby, that's true. Then again you don't need to do the research on how children from single parent homes fair either. In short not as good as those from a two parent homes.
As for the benefits of getting married? You also don't need to do the research on that either. But I've already done that for you. I had to research this for my college business class and what I found out is.
1. You can't draw "His" social security if or when he dies. The kids get it but the woman does not. So if your a stay at home live in unmarried woman it can cost you. When my uncle died, my aunt got nothing but for the kids. She had to go to work. They had eight kids. None of his pension for the kids either. Lost everything. Oh she did get to meet the kids from his first and only marriage though. Guess what? They get a cut of that Soc. Sec. too you know. Don't think she got enough either cuz she didn't.
2. What's more if your unmarried and he/she has a pension and he/she dies , guess what you get? Zip, zilch , nothing. You two split up and your not married you get...........that's right nothing. However if your married and you split you get a share. Oh and I'm sorry..... (sarcasim) the kids don't get any of that pension either.
3. Have a 401K? Not married? Oh I'm sorry (sarcasm again)... he/she can change the beneficiary with the stroke of a pen. Leaving it to the new live in girlfriend/boyfriend.
4. Everything in His/her name and guess what you get if you split? That's right (sarcasm again). Tossed out in the street. Don't believe me? Ask the woman who works at the Kwik Fill gas station I go to. That's where I learned that. She got zip! The house burned after she left and guess who got the insurance money? That's right, nothing. Not a thing. It was a corner lot and he sold it to the school and guess what she got? That's right, nothing, zip, zilch.
5. Here's another true story. They lived together and he was killed in a mining accident. Eveything was in HIS name. They had custody of the two little kids cuz the birth mother was unfit. They had them since they were babies. Guess what she got? That's right nothing. The house and the truck and everything but the cloths on her back. Those cute little kids she had raised and was attached to? They went back to that unfit mother.
6. Gotta friend who's daughter got pregnant out of wedlock. He didn't really care so much about custody but HIS parents wanted to see their grandchild. The whole court and all that ensued. Need I say more?
Sure there are no guarantees in life but the odds are in your favor with that piece of paper. I can't say what it is now , but when I did the research, 50% of couples who lived together before marriage were more likely to get divorced. What do you think it is for those who live together?
Now please understand I'm not condemning anyone for their decision to get married or not, but I'm entitled to my OP and I think it's a foolish decision based on my research for both him and her.
I wish you well,
Rancher