What marital status am I?

LilElvis

ognum wrote: »

This is without doubt true, but:

When one of them dies and the financial implications occur they may (not will) just may wish they had the legal piece of paper.

We often don't think about the implications of what we do until the worst happens.

Indeed. In the event of my husband's death I will be entitled to a spouse's pension. No marriage or CP = I would get zip.

Lanzarote1938

LilElvis wrote: »

Indeed. In the event of my husband's death I will be entitled to a spouse's pension. No marriage or CP = I would get zip.

No marriage or CP and you won't even be legal next of kin

onomatopoeia99

Lanzarote1938 wrote: »

No marriage or CP and you won't even be legal next of kin

There is no legal definition in UK statute of what constitutes next of kin. One can nominate anyone to be next of kin, provided they accept the nomination. Even when so nominated, the "next of kin" has no legal rights or responsibilites.

barbiedoll

Just put something like "Single (living with partner)" or "Single (co-habiting)"

You should try joining the NHS, they want to know everything. Their "drop-down" list would look something like this...

Single
Married
Co-habiting
Living with partner (same sex)
Living with partner (opposite sex)
Living with partner (transexual)
Living with partner (pansexual)
Transexual (living with pansexual partner)
Cisgender (living alone with mirror)
Living with cat
Living with dog
Barely living
Non-living

etc, etc, etc.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. If and when you do get married, no-one is ever going to dig out your form and change the details anyway.

missbiggles1

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/single


Unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship:
‘a single mother’

Lots of single mothers are in stable sexual relationships.

ripplyuk

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/single


Unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship:
‘a single mother’

Reading that definition, I'm now not sure what category I fit into!

My partner and I aren't married and have separate houses. We've been together 14 years, and have had joint wills drawn up by our solicitor. We're named as each other's next of kin on everything relevant.

I still always answer 'Single' on any official documents. Am I wrong?

burnoutbabe

I can;t see work would ask that question on a new starter form.

We ask "who is next of kin to contact in an emergency" which could be partners or could be parents/flatmates.

And then as part of the pension, they ask for marital status (so you have options of married/single/divorced/Widowed). No Life Insurance so no expression of wishes.

I remember being very annoyed that an official document had an option of "common law relationship". And I had to tick this stupid option! This was at the time when they were stressing that "common law" gave you no rights. Yet that was the term they used!

POPPYOSCAR

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Lots of single mothers are in stable sexual relationships.

Then according to the Oxford Dictionary they are not single mothers.

POPPYOSCAR

ripplyuk wrote: »

Reading that definition, I'm now not sure what category I fit into!

My partner and I aren't married and have separate houses. We've been together 14 years, and have had joint wills drawn up by our solicitor. We're named as each other's next of kin on everything relevant.

I still always answer 'Single' on any official documents. Am I wrong?

We were together over 25 years before we got married.

I always used to put single as well but as you say reading that definition it is not so clear.

Perhaps it used to mean unmarried but now changed due to so many couples being in relationships?

Interestingly our daughter who is twenty would not call herself single as she is in a relationship and to her single means without a partner.

Sagz_2

I delight in filling in forms like this with "living in sin"!