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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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[rowyn]

I know a four people who've done that, too. Me, I refuse to marry someone for any of the following reasons:

1) To get him US citizenship
2) To get a tax break
3) To get him on my health insurance

And, yes, these are all reasons that have come up in my own life. I really find it rather appalling that marriage is so connected to these things, particularly the last two. :/