Anonymous
This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff
United States
Marriage of convenience
Today, my serious boyfriend was talking about how he wants to get engaged and married. I was really happy, until he said he's excited mainly for the tax benefits. FML
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katiekatie 0
EVERYONE likes tax benefits, I´m sure he was just joking if he is serious boyfriend
kk_fml 0
i hate when comments get moderated. i get way more annoyed by moderated comments than i do by comments that are obnoxious/offensive/inappropriate (or break some other rule they moderate comments for). Who cares? I think we can handle it. But to the OP... the tax benefits are the the only reason i would get married. you can love each other, live together, make a lifetime commitment, have kids etc. without actually getting married.
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Comments (57)
nocturnal_crazy 1
He's a real winner isn't he?
danielleFML 0
oh my god, your life is terrible!!!!!1111
alex_vik 1
#14 - My guess is the people went 'FIRST', 'SECOND', 'THIRD', etc.
rakhil11 7
36-idc, still want 2 c them
vt_mruhlin 0
Tax benefits are no joke. If I had been married filing jointly last year I would have saved $5000. All this hoopla about gay marriage... just let me marry myself.
krovek42 0
your "serious boyfriend????" is that in stead of your other "non-serious boyfriend?!?!?!?!"
Kiquick 0
I don't really know why but I would love to be married one day. To me, it's kind of like a "seal the deal" sort of thing - like it's official. And it's the first step in a new life filled with love, romance and happiness - all spent with somebody special. That and kids would be awesome. =) Maybe I'm just an old fashioned man... (or need mental help)
24788 7
Lol, he's cheap in my opinion.
JBChristian 47
Cheap is what makes millionaires.
eira_fml 0
Meh, nothing wrong with it. As much as I like to tease my boyfriend about the thought, I'd really only want to get married for the 1000+ federal/state benefits/rights/responsibilities you get, including things like medical/legal proxy, like #28 said. Plus I imagine it'd make the paperwork easier when we want to buy a house together, or if one of us gets a job overseas, or for insurance purposes. Tl;dr if he loves you and neither of you are especially religious, it's no biggie, really. It's not like marriage is a chain that'd keep him there forever if he didn't want to be.
mattmag 0
A mood-killer for sure, but when you look at it, that is the only real practical benefit of marriage.