Advantages of getting married?

Big Phat Cobra

You can withhold favours and sue them if they cheat.

pinkish

It is official its not as easy to just get up & walk away when you have a fight.

Nicole A

Its Official! Living together gives you a sense of who the other person really is and who they will become when they are comfortable. Living together lets you know if you want to be married to this person b/c once you are married, its not so easy to just up and walk away - at least from a legal stand point. Not mentioning all of the emotional stuff that goes along with any relationship and is just intensified in marriage! No matter what anyone tells you, marriage does change everything. Its final, but in a good way, most of the time. LOL

Sam

everlasting love

cutie_j

before thinking the advantages why not asking first your self your reason to get married and then pretty sure you will know the advantages then

JetP

legal issues - if you have shared assets then you can rest assure that the other person will inherit - usually without inheritance taxes.

Also, ideally, there is a unity of purpose which comes with marriage that you don't have living together.

It is much easier to dissolve a relationship if you are just living together than when you are married. If you are living together if you break up - you just walk away with your stuff. If you are married it all has to be agreed upon and done legally - and if there are kids - well that is another complication entirely.

Spongebob is my President! ;)

I like being married some days and some days not. I don't care about the money, we make good money, but that is not a reason to get married. I love my husband, i feel secure around him, that would probably be my number one reason for staying with him, besides being in love.
Sure we get into our arguments, but it lets off steam and it keeps it interesting. I will be the first to admit, there are times where I wanted to walk out, but I can't imagine myself without my husband.
Marriage is a 100 % and 100 % commitment. Good luck.

jeannette2780

It all depends on what you are looking for. Money? Security? Love? Marriage and it's advantages is what you make of it.

loves christmas lights

It gives legalities to divorces. It gives legalities to a spouse to Soc Sec Benefits if a spouse passes away. It provides the same for the children if a parent or parents pass away.
It should be a respected bond to keep hussies from chasing your man, and vice versa.
It gives children a sense of stability although now marriage is almost not as common as women just having kids on their own, but it gives kids a sense of family. Yes they can get it just as well from an unmarried couple. Not wanting to be unkind to anyone here ok.
You are legally married, noone questions your rights to the bank account of the deceased spouse and vice versa. Alot has to do with death, and yes that really does matter. People pass away before their time all the time. If there are children involved, it is a wiser thing to do, both of you are protected incase the relationship ends.

Jeff77042

When my fiancee and I get married this year I'll be able to add her and her son to my health insurance at no additional cost to me (but she'll be saving almost $500 a month).

old-softy

Knowing she is always there for you. knowing that you will have a say in how your children are raised. No more Friday nights in a bar hoping to get lucky.

married deductions on tax returns are higher than for singles.
you are entitled to half of whatever she has
if she dies you will get money from Social Security
when you retire you can collect from her social security too.
your inlaws are stuck with you and vice versa.

â™¥Wifeyâ™¥

It is a Big commitment.
The advantages are...
1)It is the next step. You're telling everyone you want to spend the rest of your life with them, not just boyfriend/girlfriend.
2)It's like they belong to you (you feel closer and bonded)
3)You get his last name
4)You will get better price on car insurance (my experience)
5)Health insurance is sometimes cheaper for 2 that are married rather than 2 individuals.

It is the best decision I made. I love being married to my husband.
I didn't get married to GET something out of it, I got married to GIVE more to the love of my life and to show my love to him through marriage.

jdrumming

Marriage is a contract.

You are bound together financially and you share a last name which is good for your future child. You also have certain legal rights related to future medical decisions for each other when one can't make decisions themselves.

And, as you said, it is the ultimate sign that you are committed to each other. Living together is not a contracted realtionship.

PattyAnn

Clare, commitment is everything. How many times do you hear of live-ins getting up and leaving? I would prefer to take my time finding the right person, after I am old enough to know who that right person is, and then commit to each other in a "forever" agreement. Our children deserve that much, and heck, we do too. Slowly but surely our families are disintegrating. There is no firm foundation. You can live together with your brother or sister. You can have a live-in person renting from you. Marriage is so much more than living together. I am not saying that all marriages are committed, or that all live-ins are going to leave. I just believe that when you mature enough to make a real commitment and say your vows to someone, in front of all of your friends, family and God, you are more prone to work out little differences instead of writing in to Yahoo to ask what to do and having most of the advice be something like "Dump him!" Marriage doesn't work that way.

IMakeMen Jizzzz

financially it's a great move because you will combine your assets and i guess you'll gain a life-long companion (that is assuming your partner wont cheat or you'll get divorced) but that's about all i can think of...on the other hand if you want some disadvantages i'd be here all day.

if you're looking for advantages to getting married because you're not sure if you s hould... odds are you probably shouldn't be getting married

VirgoGiRLPower

Commitment, wanting to be a married couple including the person you really love, (arranged marriage can be successful too), same goals and wanna be parents and have children.

To have a successful marriage (in my opinion) build a strong communication, build good friendship as well as creating the intimacy.

Sometimes couples end up not fancying their partners but i dont have a answer to that either they would do something about it or break the ties..

KAS

It takes a lot of hard work.

Ask your parents? Marriage is not for everybody.

imarockstar

well, you now have to take care of each other! I know this because I feel like I took on another child when i married my husband haha. Naw but he is great. Good provider and helps around the house. Sometimes I just miss being single!

californiastateofmind

As far as I understand it, you get tax rebates and a better chance of getting a mortgage.

dingding

Quite simple: You have someone willing to commit to being with you forever.

Marriage says "I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you and only you, in good times and bad."

Living together says "I love you but if something better comes along or times get rough for us, I'm outta here."

Pikachu

-Taxes once you start having children
-Legal liability...self protection..unless your state honors common law marriages...i would like to know i get half of whatever was earned during the marriage period
-You can purchase larger items like a house or a car together easier on your finances
-Its a committment and an announcement to the world that you guys are emotionally & legally together

harrya2323

Maybe a tax break. My ex cheated, lied, and ran up huge CC bills. We did get some cash back but first the IRS took a chuck because of a loan she didn't pay off and some sort of Food Stamp Fraud. She then claimed half was hers even though she didn't work and the taxes came out of my pay. Come to think of it, I'm not sure there are any benefits.

Elizabeth.

Financial security.

writing_artist81

One advantage is knowing that you are doing the right thing by getting married instead of just living together. It's the right thing to do in the eyes of God. Another advantage is respect.You get more respect from most people by saying, 'This is my husband' vs 'My boyfriend' or 'significant other' if they know you are residing at the same location.There are many benefits to marriage. The links below provide some good information of those benefits.

jack99skellington

Be sure to get married when you plan to have children (for all the legal reasons). Other than that, marriage gives you and your spouse certain rights that vary state by state and by country. For example, ability to file joint tax returns and get better tax rates, benefits on death and disability, etc.

Lady Lawyer

Tax implications of marriage:

Income tax
Individuals have a personal allowance of Â£5,225 (for 2007/08) to set against their earned and unearned income. Income is then taxed in bands with 40 per cent being the highest rate. It is not possible to increase an individual's personal allowance or extend their marginal tax band through marriage or civil partnership. There is presently no married couples allowance except in cases where at least one spouse was born before April 6th 1935.

Inheritance tax
Currently the first Â£300,000 of lifetime transfers or property passing on death is taxed to inheritance tax at zero per cent tax. Any excess is taxed at 40 per cent. Transfers of assets between spouses and civil partners benefit from a blanket exemption from inheritance tax, avoiding this 40 per cent tax charge

The same blanket exemption applies to any life or pension policy benefits arising on death to a spouse/civil partner (although often planning is undertaken with such assets to benefit children or others). Therefore, in the case of the death of one spouse, any potential liability to inheritance tax is deferred until the second death. Tax planning is regularly undertaken to ensure that both spouses/civil partners are making full use of their respective nil-rate-bands and lifetime gifts allowances.

Capital gains tax
Transfers of chargeable assets between married couples do not give rise to a charge to capital gains tax. Because chargeable gains are taxed as the top-slice of income, transfers between spouses can provide tax-planning opportunities where one spouse has a lower liability to income tax.

Individuals have a Â£9,200 annual exemption (for 2007/08) to set against their chargeable gains during the tax year. It is not currently possible for one spouse to benefit from any unused allowance of the other. However, the transfer of assets to a spouse without a charge to tax means that, with planning, the same result can be achieved.

Married couples are only allowed to claim principal private residence relief for a single property whereas unmarried couples can potentially claim the private residence relief exemption on two properties, although this is subject to a qualification that the property is the relevant individual's main residence.

Michael T

If you can't think of them on your own, you shouldn't get married.

Elley

Lots of advantages. First insurance. Most insurance companies do not allow you to add a boyfriend/girlfriend. You must be married. You also have a better chance at getting loans if you are married than just living together. If something where to happen and one of you in in the hospital your spouse can answer for you. They have the right to give the doctors/sugeons the okay for medical treatment. Also when you are married you can have one of the cute little sign that says "The Smiths" instead of "The Smiths and Millers" lol.

Heleen K

When filing your income taxes, you qualify for the Married Couple Credit. I think that's like an extra $600 or so.

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