Charlie Hunnam regrets saying he’s “indifferent” to marriage: “It hurt my girlfriend’s feelings”

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Charlie Hunnam 'Really Regretted' Comments on Marriage, Says It 'Hurt My Girlfriend's Feelings' https://t.co/YXyKaHeTeO
- People (@people) January 30, 2020

Charlie Hunnam really regrets those marriage comments he made earlier this month during an interview. “You know what? That was a stupid thing to say,” Hunnam admitted at the Los Angeles

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Re: "I'm, like, so romantic"

[aristobrit]

Not sure what hospital you've been to, but it's up to each hospital to determine that, it's not a law in the US. They can keep a non-married person out of the emergency room or a hospital room if that's their policy, and only let "family" members in. Any unmarried person also has no say in medical decisions while a patient is unconscious for example.

https://www.moneytalksnews.com/3-things-youd-better-know-before-you-live-together-2/
If one partner has a medical emergency, absent paper to the contrary, the other has no legal right to be given information or to make decisions about care.

The solution to this problem is for each to name the other in an advance health care directive, which allows each of you to legally make decisions if the other is incapacitated. It also allows hospitals to share information usually reserved for spouses.

Like a will, these directives aren’t hard to get. Your hospital or county health department can give you the form, or you can download one online.

Re: "I'm, like, so romantic"

[aristobrit]

It's quite different in the US.

[talklikelions]

I didn’t know this and I’m going to have to do that now. The idea of ending up in a crash or having some kind of medical issue and ending up on a ventilator for the rest of my life bc I don’t have anyone to make that decision is horrifying.

Would my sister be qualified without the paperwork or does it have to be parents or partner? This just brought up some anxiety lmao

[aristobrit]

I know what you mean and it's something a lot of people never think about. You'd have to check, but I think you can have your sister designated to make medical decisions for you. I think you can have anyone designated to do it, like a friend, if you fill out all the paperwork ahead of time.

I think it's called an Advanced Directive. It's always better to be prepared, even if you might not need it.