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[adriennel]

my partner and I have been together 8 years and have no plans to marry. we keep finances seperate and we have no children (yet)

we do have the right to marry, but we choose not to for a variety of reasons. we do forgo certain rights and privledges by choosing not to get married.

however, we face nowhere near the social stigma gay couples do. for example, if my partner was in the hospital, I think it would be much easier for me (his GIRLfriend) to see him than if I was his boyfriend.

we get lots of nosy people asking us when we are going to get married, as if it is an unavoidable consequence of life. sometimes life is easier without it, really.