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1. h2odra+74[view] [source] 2023-07-01 14:23:49
>>gmays+(OP)
The finances of marriage don't make sense until, what, $75k/yr or more?

If you need any sort of public assistance, marriage is a severe eligibility fence.

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2. irrati+c9[view] [source] 2023-07-01 14:52:33
>>h2odra+74
Is it? If you are married then you no longer have to report your parents income when applying for financial assistance in college. Since most college students are dirt poor, this means you almost certainly qualify for a Pell Grant. I’ve often thought that friends or roommates (of any gender) should get “married” at the beginning of school to qualify for Pell grants and then amicably divorce at the end of college. Is it fraud? Absolutely. But a type of fraud that is not going to be looked at.
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