to think Ed Milliband should have married his partner before having their 2nd child?

[Gooftroop]

One child, fine. Maybe it was a surprise, these things happen, marriage is so yesterday, no problem. But to go on building a family without legally committing himself to his partner ... I am unimpressed. AIBU?

spidookly
Huh? It was a bit of fun, as some of the comments were rather old fashioned.

I don't know why people feel the need to stand in judgement-it is a private matter and entirely up to them.

I have no intentions of getting married but I live happily with DP, DD in our house with our car etc etc. We are no different to anyone else.

Our commitment is to each other, not to some old ritual.

hudds, of course, and the man could refuse as well. Personally, I would not because it is important for me that a a man wants to marry me than to be led to it. Sets the tone for the rest of the relationship.

IMHO YANBU. but hey I am a Tory middle aged square

Yeah, old stuff = bad

everything from 1800, 1903, 1920s, 1950s is just pure rubbish

only modren things are great.

Old people are stupid.

Up the new!

spidookly
I have no earthly idea what you are talking about.

Have you stolen one of my joints?

Can i have one MmeLindt?...
Just run out of fags.

And wine

Maybe she doesn't want to marry him. She's a toff with a lot of money who was in her late 30s. Maybe she needed a sperm donor who's easy to dominate.

He's a backstabbing, power-hungry megalomaniace who ran up against his own brother.

Who'd want to marry him?

Ooo, a spliff! Pass it here.

Have you ever noticed how wonderfully amazing and beautiful that wardrobe is? Te grain on the wood is just, like, so amazing And the colour - it's just so....so amazing. Oh, God, I love all of you!

I love bananas. You know. I really like them. They are so yellow. And bendy. And bananalike.

Phew....thanks.

I can't think of anything worse than being married.

I suspect that it's the only thing me and Mr Milleband will ever agree upon.

Or even Mr Miliband...

Quite right, Moral.

You see how little I think of the man? My spelling is usually quite perfect ..

You know you love him....

Nope! He's a cunt

I think Ed Milliband should marry Ed Balls. They could then happily spend the rest of their lives flipping the designation of their homes in the everlasting certainty that the voters will carry on voting for them.

Imagine the headlines

The Eds Flip Beds Again
Balls to Bigamy

But in their constituencies, I think it's fair to say that a donkey sporting a red rosette would get elected

Oh no, wait!

Two donkeys sporting red rosettes DID get elected.

I won't sue, darling.

That was rather funny.

Gay40 -What ARE the differences between Marriage and Civil partnership then?

If there are no legal differences, I struggle to see what the fuss is about.
All this talk of 'baggage'- it's in people's minds.
Marriage is what it is- a legal contract.