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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't marry until you need to -- ie., when you have a kid.[/quote]

Why get married when you have a kid?  I have been with my unofficial spouse for more than a decade.  Our DC is now almost nine.  We won't get married until it makes financial sense.  Until then, we are happy as is.  Everyone thinks we're married.  No one asks for the marriage certificate.  I refer to him as my husband.  I am known as his wife.  We wear wedding bands. 
 We may get officially married when I retire, but for now, we have every benefit we need.  As well, we've both been married before.  For each of us, this unmarried thing is our most successful relationship yet.  Knowing the other "could" leave (but not really) makes us work harder to make our "marriage" successful.  It may not be for everyone, but it works for us.

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This is exactly us too.  We've been together for 13 years.  We have all the benefits of a legal marriage, act like a married couple, but don't have the tax consequences of being married.  It's great![/quote]

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