People used to get married for tax reasons (the extra married tax allowance for example) and still do (inheritance tax), not to mention other financial (but not tax) reasons (e.g. if their company final salary scheme guarantees pension payments to widow(er)s but not bereaved live-ins).
But I don't think a significant number of people marry for the above reasons who "won't last". In my experience the non-financial reason of "get married or one of you gets deported" is much more of a big player in the marry in haste, divorce all too soon league, as is the less tangible and often unconscious "my best friend/brother/sister/... has got married" and the classic "tick-tick-tick-tick-DRINNNNNGGGGGG!".
It would probably be advantageous (pension rights! Otherwise, not that well-off for the rest to count) for us to get married, but we don't fancy the idea so we're just gambling that neither of us drops dead without notice LOL.
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Date: December 6th, 2005 07:08 pm (UTC)From:But I don't think a significant number of people marry for the above reasons who "won't last". In my experience the non-financial reason of "get married or one of you gets deported" is much more of a big player in the marry in haste, divorce all too soon league, as is the less tangible and often unconscious "my best friend/brother/sister/... has got married" and the classic "tick-tick-tick-tick-DRINNNNNGGGGGG!".
It would probably be advantageous (pension rights! Otherwise, not that well-off for the rest to count) for us to get married, but we don't fancy the idea so we're just gambling that neither of us drops dead without notice LOL.