bigbossman wrote:mukiha wrote:@bigbossman; initially, I thought it was the cost of a "full wedding" that you were afraid of. Now it appears that you are also afraid of "announcing to the world" that you are married.... getting married.
I wonder why....
Are you ashamed of your spouse?
Are you not ready for marriage?
The reason they make the announcements in Church is so that "anyone who knows a reason why the two should not be joined together" can come out and say it....or "forever hold their peace"
Now the reason is not necessarily some old flame who turns up with six kids claiming that you fathered them! It could also be a close friend of your partner who knows that she lives a secret life as a drug-dealer and has never told you about it..... wouldn't you want to know this before marrying her?
In all; I think you are not ready for marriage! You want to live a double life as a single and married man at the same time. Why?
I am also curious: why do you want the certificate now?
Am the kind of guy who doesn't like bothering the whole world and at the same time doesn't like the whole world bothering him. I like to keep to myself and keep it simple. Why do u ask why i need a marriage certificate? Of course i don't want anybody snatching whatever little property i have from my significant other when and if i die. You should know how useful a marriage certificate can be in some situations.
The certificate is useless when it comes to property inheritance!
If you had fathered some kid outside wedlock the certificate will not stop the kid from laying claim on your property!
If you really want to protect your wife from search claims, then register everything that you own in HER name alone. I assume that you trust her that much...that she won't throw you out!
But still, why are you assuming that you will die before her?
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.