Reasons to get married

[thesummerqueen]

But since joint purchases by unmarried couples have become so common, even in Virginia, I doubt it would be an issue today.

It is absolutely worth looking into but a real estate agent can likely answer any questions and a few calls to banks should confirm or deny what you are told. Worst comes to worst a couple hundred on a real estate attorney is money well spent.

We're in North Carolina, so sometimes things are quirky, and what I'm more interested in is cosigning with his bank (SECU) and what they offer. I have USAA and I'm sure they'd give us a reasonable rate, but SECU seems to have more options.

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The main reason for me to get married is to get my bf's Finnish surename. I hate that almost no one in this country can pronounce or spell mine.

Mine's last name is "Lick". That'll be interesting.