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Common Law vs Married

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#1 ·
Over the years I have worked in the health care field, I come accross probably 200-300 patients and patient charts a day. As you can imagine we essentially hear everything about someone's life in a matter of mins. Part of that means we also find out who the closest loved one which in most cases is a spouse or a common law partner.
I have come to realise that since I started working in the field with time, common law relationships are becoming more and more obvious vs the married couples you used to see. It seems to me it has become a lot more acceptable and that old cultural views are dying.

What are your thoughts on this? do you find one more acceptable than the other? are their reasons why you would choose one over the other? do you find the way you were brought up play a part in the way you now view your relationship(s)?

There is no wrong answer on this one, as we all come from different backgrounds, cultures and life experiences, ok, so let's keep it friendly :)
 
#31 ·
I've been following this thread and it has brought a family memory back to me and a smile.

A few years ago, a nephew asked my father (Dad's in his late seventies and from a very strict Catholic upbringing) how long he and my mother lived together before they married.

Dad very calmly informed my nephew that back in his day if he and my nephew's grandmother had done that, they would have been run out of town AFTER stones where thrown at them! :lol:

I guess it just shows how relaxed our cultural views have become about some things.
 
#32 ·
Dad very calmly informed my nephew that back in his day if he and my nephew's grandmother had done that, they would have been run out of town AFTER stones where thrown at them! :lol:
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Well they certainly would have been the talk of the town. :shock:
 
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