J gets out of the Army officially in April and will be home in January so it's not like we'd have those benefits for very long anyway. Ultimately we decided that maybe getting married for strictly financial reasons wasn't such a good idea (I mean, duh, we're in love with each other, not each other's bank accounts and benefits) and his parents really wanted us to follow a more traditional path. In the end, I think we'll be happier with this scenario