I was married for twenty-five years–it was the whole thing with a formal church wedding, etc., kids, house, etc. Divorced.
I’ve been life partners with my current partner for seventeen years. I feel more married to him than I ever did to my ex-husband.
Where I live, if you’ve been common-law for two years, you are considered married.
We thought of getting married about ten years ago, but someone mentioned to us that they know so many couples who were perfectly happy in long-term common-law relationships, then got married and their relationship fell apart. We realized that was true and didn’t want to risk it.
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I was married for twenty-five years–it was the whole thing with a formal church wedding, etc., kids, house, etc. Divorced.
I’ve been life partners with my current partner for seventeen years. I feel more married to him than I ever did to my ex-husband.
Where I live, if you’ve been common-law for two years, you are considered married.
We thought of getting married about ten years ago, but someone mentioned to us that they know so many couples who were perfectly happy in long-term common-law relationships, then got married and their relationship fell apart. We realized that was true and didn’t want to risk it.