Me and my SO have been together a year. We've been living together for 10 months. Every cent we make, we share. We have a joint bank account, we're buying our own house etc. We refer to each other as "husband" and "wife" because we consider each other such.
Everyone we know seemed fine with our relationship, until we told them we're expecting our first child in Nov... Now, it's "he's just shacking up with you, taking advantage of you, now you're knocked up, you're going to be miserable!" My mother believes that he won't be able to pick our child up from school, take him to the doctor, or otherwise be involved as a parent because WE won't have a license. She thinks the only way to make things "work" is if we get married, and he Legally Adopts our child.
My Question: If two people choose to do everything together as if they are married, BAR NONE, does society look down on that? I mean EVERYTHING. Except for getting that one peice of paper signed by a notary public.
2006-06-16
19:04:54
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happy-dance
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Marriage & Divorce