bow before God is what I did and nothing else. So now, on paper, she's a single mom and gets a huge tax return. I, on the the hand, owe a couple bucks. Her return more than makes up for it.
Fortunately we both have health insurance from our jobs, but if one of us didn't that's the only reason I would see a reason to get the government involved.
Early in our marriage (40+) we talked about divorce simply for this reason/the taxes were killing us! We didn’t divorce, but as a couple I feel it is another layer of commitment and removes government from issues in sickness or death.
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