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You're just a kid, how would you know what you want for the rest of your life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Custoslibera to c/[email protected]

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[–] TrickDacy 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Wow, really? Sure is an expensive and necessarily painful thing to opt into or to normalize. I'd rather it be normalized to not get married in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think a divorce is like $80 where I am, but if you have to go to court obvs it's a lot more. I spent almost nothing on my wedding, granted it was just friends and was an elopement. Marriage has big tax advantages for some, and it's the only way my spouse was getting health insurance to survive this godforsaken wasteland. It also guarantees that they get a slice of my income if the unforeseeable happens and we split so they can survive.

I think people should not see marriage as the end goal, but be pragmatic about its costs and benefits, which I think you are getting at too

[–] Bunnylux 1 points 8 months ago

All good points.

[–] Bunnylux 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not that expensive, I did it for $400 amicably. We had a fun time while married and I don't regret it. Why not just make it easier for people to do what they want and not punish young people for making decisions.

[–] TrickDacy 0 points 8 months ago

And yet it's costed others (every day) thousands to millions of dollars