[wideawake]

Ah, so the couple that drunkenly decided to get married while they were in Vegas is much more committed to each other than this couple is.

I'm sure that rw considers this kind of sideshow to have no more to do with the "historic institution of marriage" than shacking up does.

Both are a bad joke.

[Quick1]

The difference is that one would be allowed to live in the house they bought here, while the other couple won't.

[rwfromkansas]

Exactly.

Quick is good at tossing out non sequitors.

I have met a wonderful girl who I am dating, and the idea that I would somehow just decide to shack up with her is unconscionable.

Like it or not, marriage is a closer union than a free relationship, even ones that last for 30 years.