But it isn't what you think. An article from the current issue of the L.A. Weekly.
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/ma...r-money/16160/



But it isn't what you think. An article from the current issue of the L.A. Weekly.
http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/ma...r-money/16160/
Funny you posted this. My friend is a medic in Kuwait right now and has mentioned that if he had a wife his paycheck would go up a lot.





She gets free medical. He gets more money.
This is so old military news it's not even funny.
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^^^ agreed.
and honestly, i can't say that this wasn't a factor in MY OWN marriage. my parents were treating me like crap, and their insurance was refusing to cover my needs. I was dating him at the time, and we were considering marriage already. W were going to wait until after he got back from Iraq, however.
well, about a month after we'd had the marriage talk, i found out i had cervical dysplasia, and that my parents insurance was giving me the boot, despite the fact that we were paying for the insurance (i was supposed to be covered, but because of glitches in their system, every month the computer would boot me off of the insurance) and the cryotherepy to fix the problem was going to cost upwards of 500 dollars.
so, we went ahead and got married. themilitary paid for everything, i got immediate coverage, and his monthly pay almost doubled. not only that, but he recieved a lot more benefits for being married, if he wanted to come home early (and by early i mean, coming home at 8pm instead of 10pm when he'd been there since 620 am already) he could, because he was married. single soldiers dont get that privelege.
i love him, don't get me wrong. he's definately my "match" but the money did contribute to us getting married as quickly as we did.
ALSO- the military will pay for the first 2 years of a spouses college! which ROCKS... i unfortunately was laready in my 4th year... so i didnt get t recieve that benefit.
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ok, so ijust finished reading the article, and yeah a lot of soldiers will randomly get married for the money. but these horror stories they tell are most often the exception to the rule. most often it ends happpily, either they end up falling in love and staying together, or he (or she as the case may be) ends up getting discharged, and they end the relationship amicably.
most military divorces are not because of these "stranger" weddings, but because of people who thought they were in love, growing apart, cheating (which is so rampant among military spouses), or individual differences.
why they would focus on people marrying for money rather than how to help military spouses get the support they need so that they're not off running around, is irritating to me.
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Well people have been doing this for many years. I dont see why they will stop now, It is just this day and age we are allow to divorce with being held and a disgrace or an outcast!
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