Cattusbabe
Full time employment: Posting here.
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This is an interesting question! Do you have specific reasons or know of advantages to NOT get married? I dont think the SO would consider that option, but would like to hear your thoughts. Also, if anyone has specific reasons TO get married, would be interested in that input also.
DH and I were age 60 and 47 respectavly when we married. We were obviously were not going to start a family however we did want to control what happened to us as time went on and did not want interference from DH's children in the event that we could not make decisions for ourselves. We had seen too many cases where couples were separated because the children felt it was for the best or the SO had no real say in the care of their lover because the children took over things. Or the children of one partner did not care what happened to the other resulting in the kids acting at cross purposes and don't get me started on money issues. For a lot of reasons that "piece of paper" is peace of mind.