You're assuming I would marry him. I'm not sure that I would. BUT if I did marry him and then he changed, I would try to discern what the reasons were for his change, and act accordingly. There are just too many variables for me to give you a compact answer to that question.
Sorry, I just used the term "benefit" of marriage because it's a common term. For men, there are more benefits of marriage, but for women, I don't see any except what one poster said about it being financially better for the woman to go through a divorce than to just leave.
I had to leave an 11 yr live-in relationship with basically nothing but my clothes and other personal items. Had we been married, I probably would have gotten some kind of alimony or settlement. Even knowing that, I still think it would take an awful lot of convincing on a man's part to get me to marry him.
Yes, because if I find out that he is NOT the man I though he was when I agreed to live with him, it's a lot less messy to just walk away (or throw him out, whichever the case may be), than to divorce him.
If you're not talking about the piece of paper, than you are just talking about a verbal commitment, which is the same thing as saying that you are living together without benefit of marriage.
Have had the love (before and after marriage), have had the family (without the marriage), never got the respect of being the wife when I was married.
What do I want to gain in a marriage? My mate for life. Someone who will be devoted to me and our family. Someone who will put me above everyone and everything, the way I will do for him. Someone I can TRUST!!
Hopefully I'll be able to find someone like that in my lifetime, and if I do, it shouldn't matter whether we are married or just living together.
As someone who works with seniors daily, I can tell you that most seniors don't even know how to turn a computer on, so there are not many who see emails such as the OP's. However, they are constantly bombarded by phone, and many of them do give up money to the scammers.
I understand that married men live longer and are happier than single men, but it's the opposite for women. So what exactly does a woman gain in marriage?
Think it's probably best to live with someone without benefit of marriage. Period.
I was married about a million years ago and we had lived together for 3 years before actually tying the knot. Even after having known our daily routines and learning how to live together, we were divorced within 6 months of the marriage. It wasn't our day to day lives that caused us to break up, it was his cheating.
Living together doesn't guarantee that you'll have a better marriage, only that one of the people involved hasn't done unforgivable things yet. Best to avoid all the divorce hoopla and just send the other person on his/her way when you finally discover that you shouldn't be with them after all.
Is there any way you and the police could work together to let this scammer believe that you are willing to pay and then just let the police follow the instructions? They could grab the person as he/she is picking up the money you supposedly are sending to them.
Getting there again. Would love to have the body I had in my 20's & even 30's, but for someone in my 50's, I guess I'm not too bad. Will say that I'm more comfortable about me as a person than I was in my 20's and 30's though.
What would I change about my body? I think I'd like to add to it - by adding a significant other to my side.
Honey, there is no way you can think he's still going to be coming back after NO communications in 2 weeks!!! In the days of cell phones and the internet, no matter where he went, he could have been in contact, even if only to say he would call or write in a day or two. Time to face reality sweetie. He's no longer interested. Doesn't have to mean it was any fault of yours, some guys just lose interest easily. Too many women out there for them to give up on their bachelorhood.
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Will the police keep you posted on any progress made in locating this jerk?
RE: HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP??