Benefits to being married?

System

You can be character assassinated without leaving the comfort of your armchair.
You don't have to remember anything because your wife can remember things like you looking at a pretty girl for 5 seconds more than needed 30 years ago.

JustinCredibleGillespie

peachyprice wrote: »

Don't hold your breath. The married persons tax allowance was abolished many years ago.

Thanks Peachy I had a feeling the info wasnt exactly correct xx

pugzy

In other words...no then :P

Thanks guys

Newly_retired

If you are not married when you die, your children, if they are not your partner's children, may end up not inheriting, if you leave everything to your partner in your will as s/he may then not leave them a penny in his will.

DevilsAdvocate1

Mojisola wrote: »

Being the legal next of kin is really important. You can organise this if you're not married but most people don't.

I've heard really sad stories about a long-term partner being taken into hospital as an emergency, his parents turning up and the partner being completely cut out - not married, no relation. It can be even worse if an unmarried partner dies - blood relations can organise the funeral and the partner doesn't even need to be told when and where.

This happened to a friend of mine. Her partner's mother never liked her. Although her partner died of cancer, it was just 9 weeks after diagnosis. Though he knew it was terminal, they were led to believe that he had at least a year. He decided to start chemo and then do a will when he was feeling more up to it. Sadly he died before this.

My friend and her partner discussed his funeral and what he wanted to happen. In the event, his mum organised the whole thing and it was completely different. Where he told G. that he wanted to be cremated, his mum decided to go for a burial. This was very upsetting for G.

Worse was to come though. They had sold their flat and moved into a rental while the house they were buying was built. The money was in his account, and initally all of it went to his mum. My friend had to prove that half of it belonged to her and was not able to have the full amount. Even though they had lived together for years, his mum ended up with half of the money. Without the full amount she could not afford to buy they house, so ended up having to buy something much smaller.

G. also had taken out a car loan in her name but the car was actually registered in her partners name. Again, she had to prove this and had to involve solicitors as his mum inherited the car and G. still had the debt!

So I would say that marriage is very important.

Gloomendoom

peachyprice wrote: »

Don't hold your breath. The married persons tax allowance was abolished many years ago.

My dad still gets it.

skintchick

There is no such thing as a common law wife or husband, so financially it can be a problem if you are not married, unless you get legal papers drawn up about who owns the house etc.

I've never understood why people won't get married. If it's 'just a bit of paper' then why not have it?

Lotus-eater

Gloomendoom wrote: »

My dad still gets it.

I believe if you were born before 1935, you can still claim it, although there are lots of caveats in there.

Marisco

skintchick wrote: »

There is no such thing as a common law wife or husband, so financially it can be a problem if you are not married, unless you get legal papers drawn up about who owns the house etc.

I've never understood why people won't get married. If it's 'just a bit of paper' then why not have it?

Well if I got married to oh I would get a lot less state pension than I get now:D I did look into it before I retired, as we had been living together for 16 years prior to retiring, but as it was not financialy viable, we didn't bother

Lotus-eater

skintchick wrote: »

I've never understood why people won't get married. If it's 'just a bit of paper' then why not have it?

Alternatively, if it's just a bit of paper, then why have it?

Other people pushing their values onto you maybe?

Because of all the legal matters?

Yes it works out easier to be married in today's society, but that's the only reason for me, because it's easier.