Re: I'm thinking about getting married

On 31 Jul, 16:30, Viking <no...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:31:51 -0700, Rob <robwil...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...] You should not place scraping a few bucks back
in tax concessions above your freedom.

Good advice, amused onlooker.

Yes indeed. It is madness for a man to marry these days.

Yep, that's the thing.
But I still might, to make sure my sweetie is provided for.

Many times you have posted here, Viking, to tell me you don't care
what happens when you are gone.

I believe what I actually said was that I don't care what happens to
society after I'm gone.

Interesting, so its OK for you to care about your partner after you've
gone but not for others to care similarly about their offspring?

Is your gf not up to looking after herself? If not, why not? And does
she admit to that, too?

*laugh* She works very hard, and is extremely capable. But I love
her--why should she have to work after I'm gone? And I don't trust a
will, given the avarice of the state and the mutiple things that can
go wrong, to transfer things to her.

Presumably she likes to work hard and prove her capabilities, then.
Why deprive her of that pleasure, or the state of its legitimate (!)
reward for your (and her) endeavours?

You are right not to trust the state, of course. Don't trust current
feelings either. Both feelings and the law change, so the chances are
there will quickly come a time when she doesn't have to work
alright.... but you're not yet gone.

The government will work to shed any responsibility for her onto you
while getting her vote. Prenups etc notwithstanding.

Don't do it!

--
Rob
There's no gender equality without paternal certainty and 50/50
physical child custody.

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