On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:03:36 GMT, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie"
wrote:
>On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:45:40 -0500, radiosrfun wrote:
>> "John Larkin" wrote in
>>>>
>>> We went to a wedding that had to have cost way, way over $100K, much
>>> more if you include air fares and hotels. They picked us up - like, 150
>>> of us - at a hotel in a fleet of those fake motorized cable cars, took
>>> us to a chapel in the Presidio, then to the Ferry Building for the
>>> reception. The food and drinks were superb. Insane. But they are still
>>> married, almost 2 years now!
>>>
>> That is NUTS. They could put that money towards a new home to start
>> their lives - being "most" young couples do NOT have one. OR a new
>> vehicle for one or both - to get to work - to "support" their lives. It
>> is so STUPID to throw that kind of money away.
>
>Not necessarily, if you have like $10,000,000.00 in the bank.
>
>I always wonder, if these people are that stupid, how did they get that
>kind of money in the first place?
>
>Then again, my stance on marriage is, if two people love each other,
>why should they have to sign a contract with Satan? >:->
>
So that the legal status of their spouse and their kids is not in
doubt. If I get hit by the #14 bus, a distinct possibility, my wife
gets everything, no questions, no hassle, no taxes.
John
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