I just saw someone else post asking why someone would want to get married, so I’m curious to see the opposite. Within the U.S., you can pretty much marry whoever you want as long as they are of age, and many legal benefits come with that. I personally know a couple who have been together for 20 years, and we live in a state that doesn’t recognize common-law marriage, so they are now considering it. Are there other situations where it simply makes sense to not get married?
I want to ask this genuinely (you don’t have to answer if this something private), but doesn’t something like that foster resentment?
Being upfornt here, I have no relationship expertise, so I have no framework of how finances look separate vs joined but I have heard about this a lot on the internet and struggle to see how it can implemented in healthy romantic relationship.
Maybe. Didn’t for me. She was just emotionally and physically abusive. That’s what fostered resentment.