Actual conversation:
Him: Well, if I die tomorrow, you get $xxx.xx/month in social security benefits.
Me: Don’t we have to be married for me to get those benefits?
Him: (slight pause) Then (his ex-wife) will get the money.
(not even a slight pause at all)
Me: We have to get married.
Him: (laughing) We can just fill out some paperwork to fix this…
Me: I get your money, fucker!
(both of us laughing)
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ain’t that the truth.
that’s one reason why I’m married. that and the guarantee of hospital visitation.
I know right! I want my equal rights without the benefit of marriage! LOL
I know my cousin, Kiko, will have a response to this….
Then what would be your reason to keep Jeff alive?!
LOL – oh I can think of a few…
Someone has to cut the grass.
[...] It’s still frustratingly true to this day. Oh, I’ve learned from my past mistakes. I don’t cheat and lie anymore – I found an open relationship with a man who is willing to talk through the finer points of our wants in order to achieve satisfaction in that aspect of our lives. And rather than indulge in the married lifestyle, my partner and I found a legal way to entrust our lives into the others hands – by creating wills (that’s right – I get his money!) [...]