27 years for me and the missus - again not married- 2 daughters together - also have another from when I was married...
Unless you're having twins you may need to space them out a bit - sorry to be the one to have to point it out - although you really should have attended school more for this stuff ... ... and if you insist on calling all of them 'Cucky', it could get rather confusing...
https://www.gov.uk/death-spouse-benefits-tax-pension/pensions] FYI I believe you can claim any state pension your partner would have been eligible for, once you have reached state pension age. They add it to your state pension as a widows pension. My step mum was awarded it recently because she reached state pension age and was married to my dad, so she got at least some of the state pension he would have been eligible for, were he still alive. But obviously you have to have been married to be eligible.
Interesting fact... The longer you date before getting married, the more likely you are to divorce. People who date for years before deciding to get married have much higher divorce rates than people who marry the same year they started dating someone. You'd probably expect it to be the other way around.
That may be something to do with the fact that a large number of couples who get married early in the relationship, are part of religions or cultures where divorce is either a no go, or deeply stigmatised. (ie Catholics and Muslims) Who generally have much lower divorce rates in general. Where as secular folk tend to be in relationships for a few years before tying the knot.
Probably more true for Muslims than Catholics... At least over here. I don't think Catholics have shorter dating periods. As an aside... The Catholics I've dated were all far more sexually liberated than the protestants I dated too, but one of them amuses me to this day. I remember a conversation I had with one of my exes she was planning on going to confessional and I joked "What are going to confess? You going to tell him about us?" And she responded quite seriously "of course, I need to ask forgiveness for premarital sex". So I asked her, was she serious, and she said yes, she had to ask forgiveness for it. So I asked her "well are you planning to stop?" And I still clearly remember her response "Oh, God, No!" I always found that amusing... Asking for forgiveness for something that you have no intention of stopping. If one of my kids did something wrong and apologized but then said "I have no intention of stopping" I don't think I would take the apology as legitimate.
Well the Catholics in England are Catholic-Lites for the most part. Ol'd Henry VIII saw to that. I am thinking more in places like Italy and Ireland, where there are large group of Catholics who stick to their religion in almost a Taliban sort of fashion. Was your stat for the UK only or did cover Global stats?
I honestly don't know what region the study was done in and if it were international in scope or just one country.
. And I just googled it to find the study and found studies saying the exact opposite... Lol After googling I found that the latest studies say 2 years is the magic spot with courtships shorter or longer than that having higher divorce rates. Approx 2 years of dating before marriage seems to have highest marital satisfaction.
The 'Oh God, No' my mum would say 'don't use the Lords name in vain!' I'm still conscious of that to this day, although if I type OMG, I feel that's acceptable lol.
My eldest daughter actually says "oh em Gee" now and everytime she does it makes me want to throat punch her....maybe I should see someone about that!
The irony of the blasphemy there is part of why that memory has stuck with me so much... I'm agnostic leaning atheist... But I try so hard not to be one of those annoying preachy atheists and just let people live with their religion... But I so badly wanted to point out to her how messed up that whole conversation was. My youngest went through that phase a few years ago. Fortunately she is beyond it now.
Nobody is sacrificing the funniest poster of the year 2023 when Fosse exists. At least kill Kustard and give his kids a fighting chance in life.
How do you know if someone is an atheist….. don’t worry, Fosse will mention that league win before they get a chance.
Been married once, that’s me done for a lifetime. Who the **** can afford multiple divorces? Actually I did offer to marry my partner, who is French, when she was struggling to do her right-to-remain online admin paperwork bullshit. But she said she’d rather be deported
