Never getting married...how do I get over the upset?

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My 'D'P has basically announced we will never be married. On paper the reasoning is sound (it's a big expense that could be put to other things), but it still makes me feel desperately sad.

How do I get over these feelings? I'm currently sat here quietly sobbing, I just need advice on how to stop feeling this way

There are posters on here who will jump on whatever they can to make women feel bad about themselves and their relationships - shitstirring with absolutely no basis for their ridiculous generalisations. It's almost as if they like the thought of these women suddenly doubting themselves and their DP/DH. It's very sad to watch.

I just hope it doesn't really affect anyone.

OP- if your DP is kind and a good father and loves you, you're doing better than most. Communication is the key. And maybe things will change.

alarms bell ring for me, so he would get married if didnt cost a lot, but also he doesnt want a cheap wedding as then makes him look bad , ie appearances

so he cares more about what his friends/family think then what you want :(

as many have said that weddings dont have to cost a lot, and if you really want to just get married then go and do it just the two of you, or do you want a wedding, rather then get married

and yes funerals cost a lot more then weddings, dh's funeral cost more then our wedding and we got married in the caribbean and no expense spared

did you not discuss /marriage/weddings before you had kids?

and yes someone pointed out, hes happy to have kids out of 'wedlock' and be 'bastards' but not happy to have a cheap wedding

his priorities are wrong

and if a wedding/being married means that much to you op, then maybe spilt up with this man and find a man who does want to get married ..........

or can you live with not being married but being with a man who sounds like he is a supportive dad and partner in all other ways

bastards? have I been transported back in a time machine to the 50s

lol - didnt mean any offense, but seems weird that op dp likes to keep up appearances but happy to have kids out of marriage -some may frown on that (not me)

just seems more then just the cost is the issue here

Kids out of wedlock and bastards are pejorative old fashioned terms
Op has said he's a good dad,good partner,loves him to seek marriage
Not wanting to get npmarried iesnt render him bad,nor does unmarried justify calling kids bastards

sorry if i offended - didnt mean to

was trying to make the point that op oh doesnt want to get married as couldnt afford the wedding that others expect

ie keeping up appearances, yet some people (not me) dont believe in kids outside marriage, and 'may' look down on them being born out of marriage

i did say in my first post that if he is a supportive partner/dad then is marriage everything?

guess depends what is more important to the op?

Ah yes SM, of course it's more valid for you to impose your narrative, than for anyone who disagrees with you to impose their's.

CO the OP already feels bad about her relationship, that's why she's posted here. I reject your assertion that women posting here that they're suspicious about the OP's OH's motives for not wanting to get married, are doing so in order to make her feel bad about her relationship.

I don't tell you that you're posting in order to try and invalidate the OP's disquiet about her OH's unwillingness do you? I attribute more positive motives to your postings.

You can disagree with my advice, but please don't attribute meaningless malice to me, any more than I would do you.

Mind you don't get skid marks all that backtrackin.you trashed op relationship
You said op would need "cognitive dissonance and denial" to sustain herself in her relationship
Your Obvious implication is her relationships flawed indicated by dp not marry her

Have I vigorously assured my pov,yes of course as have others,including yourself

Have i trashed her relationship,no.I said given she said they overall happy family maybe they'll remain unmarried

Youve cast aspersion on her relationship and now denying it

Er, hello, of course I've cast aspersions on her relationship.

I think it's suspicious that a man who has financially covered his arse while allowing his partner to expose her's, who has no ideological opposition to marriage, refuses to give his partner the security of marriage.

You have obviously misunderstood my post. I don't cast aspersions out of malice, which is what CO was implying. I cast aspersions because I think it's valid to. Not to make the OP "feel bad about her relationship" just because that's fun - but because sometimes, people should feel bad about their relationships because there is something bad about them which needs to be fixed.

You're not saying this relationship is perfect are you? You're saying that it needs to be fixed, by her going out to work. I think it needs to be fixed any way she can fix it.

You are simply bizarre.

You ignored bit she said he good dp and your summation was psychobabble dribble
Worthy of Module one frasier crane box set

Arf. You do make me larf SM.

I love your posts too. When I can decipher them.

Don't know about the integrity of her relationship
I do know all the advice about security via a male and marriage is antiquated
She can become secure by working,studying doing something not dependent upon male wage

Well I don't disagree with you on that.

That's one way of doing it, if you're in a position to do so.

But that's not actually addressing her issue is it.

It's unresolvable impasse given she cannot compel him to marry her
The financial precarious position can be addressed by work,not dependent
Other factors wills, nok with gp,named as beneficiary with work can be changed

I think it's really pessimistic to say it's unresolvable. I think couples who love each other and are committed to each other, are often able to resolve their differences.

OK, so "resolution" means different things to different people - some people's idea of resolving something is someone else's idea of sweeping it under the carpet - but I think it's just a bit pessimistic to think that only the financial side of things can be resolved.

Having said that, sometimes when the financial side of things are resolved, the emotional side of things can be too. Being less financially dependent on someone can change the relationship dynamics and all sorts of attitudes, feelings etc. can change (on both sides).

Anyway I'm just noodling away now so prob not much use to OP - will STFU.

eccentrica - I'm sorry, but you and your partner cannot both own the whole property. It's not legally possible. You can own it jointly, i.e. as joint tenants, so that if one of you dies it automatically vests in the other one, regardless of what your will says. But you can't both have the full value of it in your estates for tax purposes. Your solicitor can't have explained it properly. If the property is valuable enough, the only way to be sure of not having to pay inheritance tax on the first death - even if you are joint tenants - is to be married.

Believe me, I have been working in this area of the law for many years.

www.hmrc.gov.uk/inheritancetax/paying-iht/who-pays.htm
www.hmrc.gov.uk/inheritancetax/how-to-value-estate/joint-property.htm

Sorry this is a digression for OP but it is a really important argument in favour of marriage if you co-own a valuable property.

commeune OK, I see what you mean. Thanks for clarifying. The property in our case is worth a lot less than 650k, so that's probably why I was wrong about that.

FWIW, I won't be getting married even if it does cost me money! But I am not totally financially dependent on my partner as (as well as owning 50% of the property) I am self-employed and earn about half of what he does (half a pittance!).