Creutzer comments on Stupid Questions July 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Creutzer 02 July 2015 08:46:52AM *  8 points [-]

Off the top of my head, some reasons why people would to marry despite intending not to have children:

  1. residence permits
  2. taxes (a pretty big deal in some countries)
  3. warm fuzzy feeling about cementing a very-long-term relationship in the culturally approved way, signalling commitment
  4. doing the culturally expected thing in a very-long-term relationship and not wanting to advertise their child-free status