When you tell people that you are married, everyone understands.

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From friends saying, 'Well, when are you going to get married?

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When are you going to get married?

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This becomes especially apparent when you move in together or get married.

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If you honestly believe that those are your only two choices when it comes to marriage, you should seriously consider not getting married until you expand your view of the world.

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For instance, when I was very young, you know, my parents were still married, and I lived sort of kind of a typical kid in small-town Kansas life.

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If you and your spouse have stayed happily married into your golden years, meeting the usual hurdles of married life, there is one issue you may not have prepared for: married couples today are increasingly at odds about when is best for either or both of them to retire.

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Which is quite surprising when you meet them because - apart from sounding the same, and finishing each others sentences like an old married couple - Dan and Scott don't look that similar at all.

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