No wonder so many people my age are shacking up. This divorce crap scares the schnit out of me.
You should check in your State how many years of ‘shacking up’ constitutes ‘marriage’. I am very serious here.
If she can declare a ‘common law’ marriage, she gets half your stuff.
There is no safe way anymore, thanks to our wonderful courts, to cohabitate with anyone without liability.
Hell, even a stranger roommate could wind up suing you for mental or emotional abuse.
No, all of society is under the constant and watchful eyes of the court. And any perceived or alleged agreivence must be made right by them.
Like a wrinkle in a shirt, they will iron out the inequities of society, ham-handedly, using weight and heat and force.