New Posts For Thread: Marriage ~ is their any point in it nowadays?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadaysmore than 50% of marriages end in divorce...and many of the rest stay in bad relationships because they are 'married', marriage is an out of date tradition IMO. Unless you are a devout christian / religous person, I can only presume people do it our@Ampleforth.I think you're analysing it too much. Why do people do anything? Convention?I might be lucky but whether married or not I'm sure we would still be together.I chose to get married. I wanted to get married. So I did. where's the problem inhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543435289#543435289@Ampleforth.I think you're analysing it too much. Why do people do anything? Convention?I might be lucky but whether married or not I'm sure we would still be together.I chose to get married. I wanted to get married. So I did. where's the problem inThu, 05 Feb 2015 15:15:25 -0600To make a marriage work long term, most men need to have the occasional affair; it's only then that they realise how lucky (or how unlucky) they are being married.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543434101#543434101To make a marriage work long term, most men need to have the occasional affair; it's only then that they realise how lucky (or how unlucky) they are being married.Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:26:35 -0600In some pension schemes the wife gets widows pension -the cohabitee gets nothing.Husband to wife transfers of assets in live and on death I think are tax free -not so for cohabitees .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543433919#543433919In some pension schemes the wife gets widows pension -the cohabitee gets nothing.Husband to wife transfers of assets in live and on death I think are tax free -not so for cohabitees .Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:16:50 -0600Marriage is mostly for the benefit of the non-ambitious home-maker fairer se x. A show of good faith so that she isn't left with nothing when things go t!t$ up. See Beyonce's video Put a Ring on it for further analysis.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543433687#543433687Marriage is mostly for the benefit of the non-ambitious home-maker fairer se x. A show of good faith so that she isn't left with nothing when things go t!t$ up. See Beyonce's video Put a Ring on it for further analysis.Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:01:05 -0600I agree if you are referring to homosexualshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543431875#543431875I agree if you are referring to homosexualsThu, 05 Feb 2015 11:56:25 -0600marriage is a load of codswollop - there is nothing more cringeworthy than a newly married couple kissing and cuddling in front of peoplehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543431713#543431713marriage is a load of codswollop - there is nothing more cringeworthy than a newly married couple kissing and cuddling in front of peopleThu, 05 Feb 2015 11:45:09 -0600i am looking forward to spending the rest of my life with one woman - my wife. i have no need of anyone else and i love ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543427483#543427483i am looking forward to spending the rest of my life with one woman - my wife. i have no need of anyone else and i love itThu, 05 Feb 2015 06:06:12 -0600I don't understand you mention that you think that not being married would make more people stay together and then you mention marriage controls people and makes them fell obliged to stay together. How does it control them if it makes them more likelhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543427419#543427419I don't understand you mention that you think that not being married would make more people stay together and then you mention marriage controls people and makes them fell obliged to stay together. How does it control them if it makes them more likelThu, 05 Feb 2015 05:55:41 -0600marriage is wonderful with the right personhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543426953#543426953marriage is wonderful with the right personThu, 05 Feb 2015 04:46:21 -0600Pretty sure there are a number of tax benefits, a quick google suggests there are , but I can't be asked to look into the details.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30432607/marriage-is-their-any-point-in-it-nowadays?post_id=543426805#543426805Pretty sure there are a number of tax benefits, a quick google suggests there are , but I can't be asked to look into the details.Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:19:11 -0600