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Originally posted by AXiD670
Okay, this is a common comment I hear from my unmarried friends. "Well, I suppose I'll eventually get married, so I can at least reap some of the benefits."
I'd like to know what these mystical benefits are that everyone keeps talking about. They're certainly not tax benefits, b/c for example, last year was the first year my husband and I filed jointly, and it was also the first time either of us ever owed anything.
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I'll rephrase:
any legal benefits...
I understand where you're coming from, but what you're talking about is only one of the issues. Legal marriage, essentially, makes both parties entitled to certain things that unmarried couples are not (think insurance, though there are several others) AS WELL AS making simpler the "legalness" of having children.
ETA: Your tax complaint is not a marriage related issue as much as a graduated tax system issue.