Today, my boyfriend of over two years said he wants to get married before he leaves for basic training. Not because he loves me, but because he'll get paid more if he's married. This is the only time he's been excited about marriage. FML
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Today, my boyfriend called me explaining that he is getting married this weekend to a woman he met on Craigslist. Why? Because I won't marry him, and he'll make an extra thousand dollars per month having a wife since he is in the army. FML
Today, my boyfriend of two years asked me to marry him so that we can consolidate our student loans. FML
Today, my boyfriend told me I should finish school early and get a job so we can get married, because then he'll have enough money to buy the truck he's had his eyes on for our whole relationship. FML
Today, my boyfriend of five years finally asked me to marry him. He said, "We could save on taxes if we got married… What do you think?" That was the most romantic thing he's said to me in the last two years. FML
Today, my boyfriend of 3 years announced that he is not ready for marriage, and won’t be for 'at least' another 2 years. Of course he waited to tell me this 2 days after he had proposed to me in front of hundreds of people, I said yes, and we announced it to all our family members and friends. FML
Today, my boyfriend told me he's prepared to commit to marriage, but only if I buy my own ring and tell everyone he surprised me with it. FML
Today, my boyfriend of three years asked me if I ever wanted to get married. I said yes. He said, 'But what happens if you never find a guy who likes you that much?' FML
Today, my fiancé told me that he expects me to agree to quit my job to cook and clean after we get married, or he will not show up at our wedding. He earns minimum wage and my salary is 17 times higher than his. FML
Today, my boyfriend came up with this thrillingly romantic proposal: “I’m paying way too much income tax. How about we get married?” FML
Today, my boyfriend of 5 years said that he wants to marry and spend his life with me. But first he wants to go be wild and single for a few years before settling down. Not only does he not see a problem with this, he expects me to wait and be faithful to him while he “gets it out of his system”. FML
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GeneGenie 0
I hope you said no?
jynxpawzz 11
Wow. My husband and I just got married today. He's also in the military. And he could care less about the money. I mean yea, it's going to help with bills for our house and stuff but we got married because we love each other. And let me tell you. being apart is the hardest thing ever. so if he's only thinking about the money don't bother in putting yourself through a long distance relationship. seriously.
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pornchips 10
that kinda happened to me too. I'm with somebody better now :p
rugger86 0
I vote marry him ruin his credit and take all his money and leave
dynky 3
you get paid more for being married? what kind of backward discriminatory system is that?
aardvarkish 17
Tell me about it... Totally anti-single... but it's designed to keep you dependent on the military.
RedHead0186 1
You don't really get paid more-your basic rate (salary) is the same. You get extra allowances for having dependents (extra money for food, housing, etc.), but the basic pay to the person in the military is the same.
necrofukker 0
i just got married Monday and am leaving for basic in sept and my now wife and I saw the extra money as a huge incentive plus the spouse gets full medical coverage for basically no cost ( except for dental). so OP quit ur whining
ssdd_dilligaf 0
also the max BAH is 1200. if you get that it's not so horrible
chillinAK 9
beg to differ. my husband and I get 2000. depends on location. it's not that much extra money though. he is now a sgt and we make enough to get by comfortably and make sure our kids are set. it's all in how u spend.
ssdd_dilligaf 0
my mistake, my husband is an E3 and from my understanding (which is rather limited at the moment) the max for his base is 1200 and dont dependants also go into account?
ssdd_dilligaf 0
by dependents I mean as far as pay, not just BAH.
Sylvir 0
If you love him enough then marry him. Know he isn't going to give his all for the marriage aspects (such as not taking anniversaries seriously). And know that women married to someone in the army lives a tougher life.
twinsbaseball7 0
and this is why most marriages in the military end in divorce. they both will probably end up cheating on each other when he deploys. it's never good to marry just for more money.
ughmoments 0
so true same here
kxdottt 0
Aw marriage for the wrong reason is sad and bad.
Siouxie_fml 0
Haha, don't worry about it too much, it could still end up being a great marriage. That's the reason my parents got married to be honest, and they've been happily together for almost 25 years now. It doesn't mean they don't love each other, they just didn't really think of marriage before they realized it would actually benefit them rather than just be a waste of money for a wedding.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Wow if that's the only reason he's willing to get married I'd dump him. That's just plain selfish; he's using you for his own benefit. Tell him you're not his bitch.