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[beetiger]

My marvelous friend Barbara brought mutual-friend gossip this weekend along with herself and the snow. A friend got married to his girlfriend with only a few days notice, because she'd been laid off from her job and was going to lose health benefits.

Is this the 21st century equivalent of the shotgun wedding?

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[hakeber.livejournal.com]

Yep, I've known some in the same boat. Seems to be the high cost driving this trend.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Yes. I know many many more cases of this than I do of people marrying because a child was on the way, hence the above comment.

So much for the sanctity of marriage and all. THank you US govmit and big corp'rashuns.