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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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Means of marriage

[krdbuni.livejournal.com]

Jessie and I lived together for three years or so before we decided to get married (two of which we didn't have the option, but that's hardly the point). A friend of ours in the ULC witnessed our vows over a game of Yahtzee, and then we went out to dinner. We sort of figured if we didn't take care of it now, we might end up not being able to take care of it later. Plus, the fringe benefits of insurance and the like were really nice.

One of my coworkers also got married for the sole purpose of making sure his wife had insurance as well as their daughter, and I've heard tell of others who've been through the same thing.

Kristy