Marriage before children.. ??

[1982mommaof4]

Reading another thread has made me wonder.. the people who say they must be married before having children, why?

Is this mostly down to religious beliefs?

Interested to know peoples reasons for this.

I got married before having kids. I lost years of working due to birth injuries, then there was a pandemic and I was stuck with the kids while he worked. You don’t know what might happen, you need to protect yourself. If we split I can get money and assets to make up for what I lost by having kids. And if he dies I inherit everything tax free, plus I get his insurance payout. I have no doubt that if he died and we weren’t married his mother would try to claim the insurance and half of our house.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4725534-aibu-to-expect-pocket-money-from-partner?page=1

Unmarried SAHM being financially abused