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Thursday, 9 January 2020
quote [ They were accorded some but not all of the joint tax and financial privileges of their married counterparts. However, if things didn’t work out, breaking off the relationship was made much simpler than the usually arduous divorce process that would face a classically married couple. ]
This might interest you– in France (which is in some ways a rather conservative country), there is a form of "light marriage". The Wiki entry is more thorough. I wonder how this relates to fake marriages to get Visa.
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Paracetamol said @ 8:07am GMT on 10th January
Hmm … residency permits are a deal in so many countries.
Getting married to your girlfriend to resolve all that hassle is common in this situation. Or to your friends. Like, where do you draw the line between this strict love contract of marriage and the practice of faciliating someones life by a great amount?
What I heard about the French model is that offering a second option makes these choices easier by asking fewer questions – you start out as sharing a flat, but now are somehow married; you aren't enganged or even in love but cement your ”old couple” status with a contract.
A lot of this boils down to acknowledging the many variants of “family” or “smallest society unit” or whatever you call it legally. And it's telling that this originated in a law intended for same-sex couples without giving them a traditional marriage option.
Paracetamol said @ 8:11am GMT on 10th January
Hmm … residency permits are a deal in so many countries.
Getting married to your girlfriend to resolve all that hassle is common in this situation. Or to your friends. Like, where do you draw the line between this strict love contract of marriage and the practice of faciliating someones life by a great amount?
What I heard about the French model is that offering a second option makes these choices easier by asking fewer questions – you start out as sharing a flat, but now are somehow married; you aren't enganged or even in love but cement your ”old couple” status with a contract.
A lot of this boils down to acknowledging the many variants of “family” or “smallest society unit” or whatever you call it legally. And it's telling that this originated in a law intended for same-sex couples without giving them a traditional marriage option. ([Edit:] Ok, looked that up – traditional same-sex marriage was made legal some time later)
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Paracetamol said @ 8:07am GMT on 10th January
Hmm … residency permits are a deal in so many countries.
Getting married to your girlfriend to resolve all that hassle is common in this situation. Or to your friends. Like, where do you draw the line between this strict love contract of marriage and the practice of faciliating someones life by a great amount?
What I heard about the French model is that offering a second option makes these choices easier by asking fewer questions – you start out as sharing a flat, but now are somehow married; you aren't enganged or even in love but cement your ”old couple” status with a contract.
A lot of this boils down to acknowledging the many variants of “family” or “smallest society unit” or whatever you call it legally. And it's telling that this originated in a law intended for same-sex couples without giving them a traditional marriage option. ([Edit:] Ok, looked that up – traditional same-sex marriage was made legal some time later)
