I've read on mn a few times that remaining unmarried with a child is naive.
I'm not married, live with DP and we have 1 child. We have no intention of getting married (I don't want this to be hijacked as a thread about marriage, really. We're both happy with the commitment we've made by having a child together).
We have a joint bank account plus our own accounts, joint mortgage - he pays slightly more than me towards the mortgage as he earns more. We own our house jointly. All bills, food, DCs clothes etc paid for from joint account.
He is in the forces, I am his next of kin in his will. I don't have a will (now on that I KNOW I'm being stupid - I will get it sorted).
I'm p/t, he's f/t. Our salaries are about equal, but mine is pro rata so I take home less. I have a pension with work, as does he, and we're each named in each other's pension plans.
We have no issues about money. I have access to his online accounts and vice versa and there's no tension around what we spend our own money on once bills, food and DCs needs are met (it's not that great, we each end up with about 10p after all that ).
So, do we need to be married to protect myself / DC? Or should we get some kind of agreement written up?
We have a good relationship, so I've no reason to think I'll need "protecting" financially, but I'm worried I'm missing something. Am I?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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Can someone explain why I'm naive not to get married?
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bohoec · 31/03/2014 13:33
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