Well, these points do not have to be exclusive, right? Since you mentioned the gay couples, the lawsuit that ended up overturning Proposition 8 in California was about taxes. Some lesbian lady sued for the right to inherit her partner’s assets, and this ended up as a landmark case for gay marriage. So, both the relationship and the legal benefits of marriage can be important. In fact, the explicit financial benefits and implicit societal benefits of marriage probably reinforce one another. As marriage is common, due to societal subsidies or other reasons, it is regarded as a normal stage of life and therefore an aspiration for people (like gays and lesbians) who are denied that right.
Is marriage for everyone? Of course not. In the past, if you weren’t married something was wrong with you and you would certainly never consider having a child out of wedlock and raising that child on your own. Now that it’s become more socially acceptable to not be married, hopefully people won’t take the decision to get married lightly.
@BWYF- meme is too funny
@Nana- Cosmo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------->
Men get married because women nag them to death about it. They need you to drop $100k to walk down a dirty isle littered with flower pedals, rice, and Celiene Deon songs. This is the most efficent means of bragging to their friends, oh wait, I mean “friends”. Also, the deeeeeeep in the money call option they have on your assets called divorce. This whole incentive system is so backwards- if I were a chick I would’ve been married at least 4-5 times by the ripe age of 29. Chicks should be building up their equity in our net worths, ie:
Yr 1 = 1% equity in net worth
Yr 2 = 2% equity in net worth
Yr 3 = 3% equity in net worth
Yr 4 = 4% equity in net worth
This provides incentive to stay together. You can also have covenants, like an addition bps per beej, ya dig?
Nana is always good for a good laugh. Is your biological clock ticking?
I know I was brutally honest and right in that other thread. It scared a few women to be told what very few men would tell them in person. Even a few guys told me privately to not spill the beans.
There are a lot of good people out there that want to get married for the right reasons, including men. These men are generally overlooked because they have a strike or two against them (too short, too chubby, too bald, too average looking, too white, too middle class, too mellow). Keep an open mind.
I almost made the move at the ripe age of 24 … I think now, 26, I won’t even consider it until im in my 30s.
Most of you here come from developed countries where social welfare systems are fairly good (or at least much better than those of third world countries), so you might find it strange if people tell you that you should get married and have kids in order to have someone to rely on (both financially and mentally) when getting old.
For the average person on this thread (CFA-level), yea, it does sound absurd. But what about the rest of the 99% people out there? At this point I’m generalizing, but a Mormon friend can’t afford to pay his rent, but has already banged out three kids (coz they don’t believe in protection). Another friend went out with a Catholic mid-20s who would only take it up the ass because of her “faith.” I have even more tales to share, but once you get down and dirty with the average Joe, my earlier hypothesis doesn’t feel far-fetched. Especially, when you add religion to the mix. For every super-educated geek on this thread, there are probably at least a million numbnuts out there who want to exploit the system. If you think I sound retarded, you’ve probably lived all your life in bubble, which is fine, too.
WTF WTF WTF?
Lol, nice sample! But, I do understand what you’re saying. If you’re paying for diapers with foodstamps the tax benefit is a bit more relevant than if you are plankin on a million.
I don’t think that Mormons and Catholic anal sex queens are really that large of a population cohort, though.
Nana, I’ll marry you! And we’ll prove all the haters of marriage wrong. Don’t stress about it any more ^.^
Nana only gets married to a charter holder , dude ! Go back to your studying !!! (j/k)
If that is news to you, push on that bubble mentioned by Aether just a little bit. Very common in Latin America. Would you like anecdotal evidence?
Isn’t this practically identical to his saying in American Gangster “My Man”.
I admit I am in a bubble.
I don’t think I can handle much more evidence, so no, thanks.
Yes. And, Respect.
Nothing is more romantic than DCF modeling our future.
Please do.
@lakehouse
Generally, we start of with an introduction and a full res imgur link of avi here at the water cooler (srs)
marriage. betting someone half your stuff you will be together forever… HA good luck.