Posted on 08/26/2024 4:03:00 AM PDT by grundle
Dear Quentin,
My girlfriend and I don’t plan to get legally married nor married in the eyes of the church. We’re simply having a wedding to celebrate our love, but we are not signing any paperwork. I am concerned that my significant other would lose her state health insurance because she doesn’t work. To cut a long story short, I feel terrible that she’s utilizing a program for low-income people, but she has serious mental-health issues that are completely treatable but expensive. I make too much money for her to qualify for medical assistance if we marry, but not enough to absorb what I’ve calculated to be $35,000 a year in additional expenses.
We want kids eventually and I’m concerned that, given that I live in a state famous for treating men poorly in divorces, she’ll end up with at least half of everything I own despite the fact that I accumulated quite a bit in assets before we ever met. I’m also likely to accumulate quite a bit more in assets before we have a child, and it’s actually necessary or helpful that she stays home to care for said child. We agreed several years ago that it was best she stop working because she was in an extremely high-stress environment as a pharmacy tech that was exacerbating her mental-health issues.
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Serious mental health issues? Does this guy realize whats down the road?
When I was a kid looking for girl friends I kept away from those that showed signs of mental oddities.
“””I feel terrible that she’s utilizing a program for low-income people, but she has serious mental-health issues that are completely treatable but expensive.”””
I would like to meet the goofballs at Market Watch who come up with these fantasy stories.
And BTW we should forward these stories to Babylon Bee as they can add some real hilarity.
Or, inwardly, he recognizes problems which will likely develop in the future and rather than concede that she is Miss Wrong and choose more wisely, in his denial he is trying to mitigate the damage which may unfold.
Sometimes we need to listen to our gut instinct, rather than fight it.
Isn’t it odd that 150 years ago divorce was not an option and marriages lasted.
Another oddity is that arranged marriages have a very low divoce rate.
I unfortunately reside in CT now.....I think half the women here have “mental health” issues. LOL
Definitely socially inept, stuffy, uptight, cold, unfriendly.
Had to laugh when I read the column—this guy needs to flee as quickly as possible-—go to Europe or Asia to find a wife-—
the LAST place I would look for a gf would be CT-—
“A man is not Complete until He’s married and then he’s finished” applies. best classified ad ever for young men...”about to get engaged. looking for a good mental detector. used is ok”. in today’s society you need one BEFORE getting married.
Beware.
Palimony is real......................
ABSOLUTELY
ABSOLUTELY
YOU HAVE TO QUESTION YOUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH AT THIS POINT
*The sex is worth all the trouble.. until it isn’t.*
Yes but....
Who’d say no to it?
Sex is only important when you don’t have it.
There is federal income tax penalty for marriage if both have equal incomes.
Grippy Sox = grippy box
So red it’s glowing. to many to list. That was a wild read.
I guarantee whatever leftist state he lives in will treat him and his assets like they are legally married and demand support.
the thoroughly Biblical concept and requirement you have missed that turns your every argument to meaninglessness is found in Romans 13:1-3. “those who would argue for the precepts of the Bible must first know and understand those precepts” applies. while agreeing with what you have presented as common sense it is all still not in keeping with the Word to ignore the clear meaning of Romans 13:
Palimony has been the law in most leftist states since Marvin v Marvin.
You don’t even have to be married for the woman to steal half your stuff and you support her for life.
Does this guy realize that many types of mental illness are heritable?
Seems like the term “shack-up” fits.
Run away....
Exactly—I see two people with mental health issues—perfect for each other.
:-)
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