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Go for it if you want. The reason this is extraordinary uncommon among women who are college-educated isn't that it's stigmatized, it's that you're likely to be stuck in the same position most women are - doing most of the domestic labor, harming your earning potential - but with more likelihood the guy will leave and fewer protections if he does. It's just not a great deal for the woman unless she's not going to need his economic support, which isn't most couples. In a different cultural and legal context, obviously this plays out differently.

Right. No one is judging this from a moral perspective. We just think you’re dumb for making bad choices and not looking out for yourself. It’s so sad when women buy the “it’s just a piece of paper! We don’t need it” line from men who clearly don’t value them all that much.
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Yep.  Retirement accounts, social security benefits---it is a lot more difficult to financially "disentangle" if you are married and ---as the PP above noted about the difference between the paltry US social safety net and that of Europe---it is much more precarious to be left as a single unmarried mom in the US.  [/quote]

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