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It's a shame that many countries in the world, you have to get married if you're not from the same country. Married people have different rights to stay together compared to people who spend many years living together.

If it wasn't for some immigration laws and other areas where you're not equal unless you're married, there is little point in getting married at the present time.

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To me, the main point of marriage in the present day is to have all your friends and family sign off on your mutual declaration, “This person is now the most important person in my life.” Your parents, best friends, siblings no longer have any standing to complain when you favor your spouse over themselves. More even than the legal differences, I think that’s really the purpose of marriage, and the ceremony itself is a reflection of that reality.

I feel you should be able to make that decision yourself and you have no obligation to make anyone else but you, to sign off on what you feel is important.

If I now feel that a another person is the most important person, that's it. Now it's so, for me.

Taxes, health insurance are reasons that have nothing to do with immigration.

It might not be the same everywhere, but at least for my health plan it covers the "household", so you just have to live together. No need to be married.

You do have to pay taxes on half of the company's contribution though, which is not insignificant.

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