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Prenups, or why marry at all?

PaulMike · 2017-08-09 20:02:07

Hi all, As I started getting a hint that tying a knot is not as a simple procedure as I initially thought (see previous post), I continued my research into the legal aspects of marriage. Came across some eyebrow-raising facts. 1. Over half of marriages in England eventually break down. Promises to love forever vs…

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Slinky Posts: 11,157 Forumite

12 August 2017 at 6:19PM

1886 wrote: »

If you don't want to get married but have a partner and want people to think that you're married I have a solution;

A lad I work with has a girlfriend and they have three kids together. She simply changed her surname by deed poll to match his

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I worked with somebody whose partner did this. I always got the feeling that she had been desperate to get married but he was having nothing of it so she changed her name as being the nearest thing she could do. Sad really.

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