Do you think the aversion against marriage correlates with the disability to maintain a relationship?

@bijouxbroussard this.

@bijouxbroussard I dunno about the US, but we have the 6 month cohab/ common law marriage laws.

Same rules, no paperwork needed.

@HeteroDox my state in the US is 7 years cohab/common law marriage.

@boklenholley7 see? thats logical... 6 months here and a blood sucking lawyer sprouts his little batwings

@bijouxbroussard so what complicating things do you see in a relationship?

@HeteroDox Not all states will establish them, and once you’re on the books as married, common law or otherwise, you can still only end it by filing for divorce.
https://family.findlaw.com/marriage/common-law-marriages-faq-s-what-states-recognize-common-law.html

@scooogy I personally don’t see marriage as a complication. In fact, having been widowed, it made a few things easier—legally, at least. If I’d been a girlfriend, his family could’ve called all the shots in terms of arrangements, and our possessions.

@bijouxbroussard why could they have done so?

@scooogy Because they would’ve had more legal rights as his blood relatives. The only thing that superseded a blood relative (back then) was a spouse.

@bijouxbroussard hm makes sense