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12-27-2014, 08:08 PM
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#101
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Le Sueur
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At pushing 62 each, we have been married for 42 years. So very hard to train in a new one at this age.....
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12-27-2014, 08:20 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
Posts: 22,983
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Originally Posted by RonBoyd
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Stealth marriage is pretty common. Women's groups and divorce lawyers make a natural coalition to lobby for various gotcha(s)
I am sure I can get along fine with a love relationship near at hand but me living alone. I think you get a little more sex if you are in a committed relationship and live together, compared to the same relationship with separate beds. Still, to me it is not worth the added risk. If I found out that I got accidentally married I would be one unhappy man. Also, certain events that might claim your life if alone might be handled better with a live -in partner, but again, once you are dead, not much difference.
Ha
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12-28-2014, 09:14 AM
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#103
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,498
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Quote:
Originally Posted by haha
Stealth marriage is pretty common. Women's groups and divorce lawyers make a natural coalition to lobby for various gotcha(s)
I am sure I can get along fine with a love relationship near at hand but me living alone. I think you get a little more sex if you are in a committed relationship and live together, compared to the same relationship with separate beds. Still, to me it is not worth the added risk. If I found out that I got accidentally married I would be one unhappy man. Also, certain events that might claim your life if alone might be handled better with a live -in partner, but again, once you are dead, not much difference.
Ha
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Honestly I don't think living/sleeping together, or not, makes any difference at all in the amount of sex if you are spending hours together every day. Nature will have its way, y'know? 
I do wonder sometimes what would happen if I was in those "I've fallen and I can't get up!" situations. But we do spend every single afternoon together, and both of us have a key to the other's house. He would surely investigate if I did not answer the phone. Over the years we have had to do that a couple of times, when the other is completely incapacitated by severe illness, back issues, or whatever.
We have no desire to end up accidently married either, although I don't think that would happen in Louisiana. Still, we prefer to live separately right now for a variety of reasons. I know that married people have great reasons for being married, too, but in our case we both prefer living separately and staying single.
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12-28-2014, 09:39 AM
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#104
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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I had a friend who used to say she preferred a man in her life but not in her house. The one in her house made sure she got her wish.
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12-28-2014, 07:22 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
Posts: 22,983
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Maybe. But I may need some tutelage. Today after the football game I asked friend, Hey, if you're feeling the need for some sex today, just let me know.
Nada.
Ha
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12-28-2014, 08:15 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,500
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01-01-2015, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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27 years for me.
Quote:
Originally Posted by rodi
There is a tax BENEFIT if one spouse is SAHM or has lower income and the other has higher income.
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I didn't know that, but DW hasn't earned a paycheck in 23 years (after DD1 was born).
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01-01-2015, 09:46 AM
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#108
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,367
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Married for 11 years to current DH, who's my second husband.
I'm likely to outlive him because he's 15 years older and has some health issues and if that happens I doubt I'll marry again. I'd love the companionship of another good man and I'm open to that, but there are too many financial entanglements the state imposes on married couples.
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01-01-2015, 09:50 AM
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#109
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Marco island
Posts: 815
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29 years and counting.
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01-01-2015, 10:15 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: San Diego
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sengsational
27 years for me.
I didn't know that, but DW hasn't earned a paycheck in 23 years (after DD1 was born).
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It's the way the joint income tiers work... Your joint income is/was just your income. So you're in a lower tier than if your wife had added income. The joint income tiers are less than double the single income in the higher tiers.
(It's a wash in the lower income tiers - 15% and lower.)
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01-06-2015, 03:04 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 6,258
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Today's Dilbert (despite being labeled 1-6-14):
Dilbert - 06 Jan 2015.jpg
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01-06-2015, 10:04 AM
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#112
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Leesburg, VA
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I've known my wife since she was 16 and I was 17. We met when both of our families separately picked Chincoteague, Va as a summer vacation destination. So I've known her for over 43 years and been married for over 38. I love being married. The fact that my wife married me has enhanced my life to the point of literally saving my life dozens of times. With all my medical problems, I wouldn't even be here right now if not for her. And I would definitely not be retired!
I am one happily married dude!
Mike D.
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