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Old 04-27-2007, 05:49 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Does not the bride's father pay for that?
Some family traditions it works that way.


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My entire ceremony cost $50 total. We did it at home. My friends bought a centerpiece and the cake. It was simple.
Now, at tax time, life is good.

$50?! 0.o when you say "at home", you mean you did it inside the house or in the backyard?
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Old 04-27-2007, 05:55 PM   #22 (permalink)
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We've been together 35 years - but were only married two years ago (well, we were legally civil-unionized). Obviously, after 33 years, we were fairly certain of our commitment to each other LOL. However, there was just something about that ceremony, with the justice of the peace and the minister and all, that just really is an emotional stunner.

Of course, other than our state taxes, we receive no benefits for our marriage - we still cannot file federal taxes jointly - we're still taxed on our health benefits as "income" - when one of us dies, the survivor will probably have to sell our home to take care of the inheritance taxes - etc.

But, it's still a good thing until we get the right to marry and be recognized by the federal government as a legal family.
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[quote=Hio;104654]Some family traditions it works that way.
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Nice tradition!
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In the house. It wasn't a big thing, not like a wedding, just a ceremony with a few friends and family members.
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In the house. It wasn't a big thing, not like a wedding, just a ceremony with a few friends and family members.
oh ok see this is where me and you are kinda mixing things up now. I see "wedding" and "ceremony" being all the same thing, but I see how you classify it being seperate volumes of people.
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I told you we weren't stereotypical.
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Of course, other than our state taxes, we receive no benefits for our marriage - we still cannot file federal taxes jointly - we're still taxed on our health benefits as "income" - when one of us dies, the survivor will probably have to sell our home to take care of the inheritance taxes - etc.
That does not sound fair or equal....
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I told you we weren't stereotypical.
Oh hush im a slow learner
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That does not sound fair or equal....
You can thank Clinton for the benifit part, that Act should really be apealled
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That does not sound fair or equal....


it's not.
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