A lifetime of gaming and being raised by lawyers teaches one to look for ways to manipulate the system!
I think I can maximize this clever even more: Imagine a foursome, two men and two women. Pull the same stunt, but now with two marriages each instead of 1/2/1 structure. SPLODEY HEADS.
I can imagine group marriages being an accounting and legal nightmare. There would need to be a whole new tax code, maybe, or else everyone has to file as "married filing singly," but then they miss some deductions. Or who gets to take what deductions? Who gets to deduct the home office in the shared house? (I suppose questions such as those are currently dealt with when unmarried people cohabitate
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It would be a mess, but could all be straightened out in advance with responsible discussion and negotiation. Not that most people bother with that even in streamlined two-party marriages, or bother to stick with it when the shit hits the fan and emotions go berserk
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I've seen arrangements where groups of adults, not all romantically linked, formed a collective household. But as any gay couple can tell you, the legal ramifications of marriage are a whole other ball of wax.
There are different legal rights if people are [roommates] vs [living together conjugally but not married] vs [married]. And these rights vary from state to state.
Some friends and I talk about arrangements we might make when we're old, and don't all want to maintain individual households. Kind of a Golden Girls arrangement. (I, of course, would be the Bea Arthur character.)
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I think I can maximize this clever even more: Imagine a foursome, two men and two women. Pull the same stunt, but now with two marriages each instead of 1/2/1 structure. SPLODEY HEADS.
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AND make one of them a non-American -- the legal marriage will entitle them to federal benefits including applying for citizenship!
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(and yeah... as long as the marriage is between consenting adults, then it is really none of my business what gender spouse people marry or how many)
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There are different legal rights if people are [roommates] vs [living together conjugally but not married] vs [married]. And these rights vary from state to state.
Some friends and I talk about arrangements we might make when we're old, and don't all want to maintain individual households. Kind of a Golden Girls arrangement. (I, of course, would be the Bea Arthur character.)
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