Relationship Status survey...

[riverc0il]

Good point, yet another flawed poll I guess. Could "In a serious relationship" count?

Perhaps, but then you could eliminate the marriage category completely as well because what is the real difference between the two?

 

[trtaylor]

Married...29 years this December. Three kids, two girls (both married) and one son, who is a senior at college. He has a serious girlfriend and we think is going to 'pop the question' when he is home at Christmas. So, we are basically empty nester's.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Married 18 years with 2 kids 9 amd 4

 

[Greg]

Married 8 years, 2 kids.

 

[bvibert]

Perhaps, but then you could eliminate the marriage category completely as well because what is the real difference between the two?

Yet another good point. So maybe in this case it should be 'Married, or otherwise committed to a life long relationship"? I figured that you wouldn't want to lumped in with us suckers though...

 

[riverc0il]

I figured that you wouldn't want to lumped in with us suckers though...

You got that right :razz:

 

[mattchuck2]

Engaged . . .

Getting married in T-minus 15 days . . . October 13th is the dig day.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Not everybody gets married due to tax reasons and the legal contract...I know one guy whose lived with the same girl for a decade and isn't married. Most girls I date in their mid-late 20s really really want to get married and have a kid by 30. If I have a kid at age 40..that would not be a problem for me...mainly because by then I'd hopefully be mature enough and financially stable enough to have a kid. Plus college will be so expensive in the future..a college degree equals alot of heli-ski trips...unless the kid is really dumb...then they can work at Arbys and I'd get the hook-up on beef and cheddars..what what...

Thanks to all who have participated in the survey so far. For myself I'm sort of seeing someone but not exclusively. With all the STDs out there...you have to be real careful..and women can still get pregnant when they're on the pill...I want to ski..

 

[severine]

Uhm. Seems to me she registered here first so I think she should be deciding whether you can stay...

I may not be on here much, but Greg's right - I was here 8 months before you.

Not everybody gets married due to tax reasons

Hate to break it to you but tax-wise, you're better off not being married. Going into a different tax bracket because of dual incomes, plus the married standard deduction not being twice that of single (like it should be) means you usually pay more taxes once you get married.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I may not be on here much, but Greg's right - I was here 8 months before you.


Hate to break it to you but tax-wise, you're better off not being married. Going into a different tax bracket because of dual incomes, plus the married standard deduction not being twice that of single (like it should be) means you usually pay more taxes once you get married.

Exactly..I phrased it wrong but isn't it called the marriage penalty?

 

[severine]

Exactly..I phrased it wrong but isn't it called the marriage penalty?

Yup. Makes you want to run right out and get married, eh? Although, you do get some nice deductions for kids....

 

[Terry]

Married 23 years. My wife loves skiing as much as I do so I have the ultimate ski buddy. 2 kids, son is married and has a daughter, daughter who is in her second year of college. We are basically empty nesters most of the time!

 

[gorgonzola]

Married 18 yrs this Monday, 2 skier kids 9 & 13, 1 boarder daughter 15 (theres a black sheep in every family! j/k) Couldn't get MrsSnowBunski on the slopes for the first 10 yrs together - too cold, feet hurt blah blah. I finally convinced her to give it a go and that grooming, clothes and equipment are nothing like the 10th grade trips she remembers. Created a monster and have great family time together and now she gets more days in than me - so theres still hope for all ya in a "mixed" marriage/relationship!

 

[Marc]

Where's the option for "paying someone to act like your significant other"?

 

[Mildcat]

Where's the option for "paying someone to act like your significant other"?

It depends how much money you have. If you have enough money to employ someone full time then that's a serious relationship. If you can only afford an occasional date then vote for casual dating.

 

[bill2ski]

Married for 7, together for 19 The boy is 12 and baby-girl is 10 The wife and I skied 20-30 days a year pre-kids. The winter pregnancy of the 94/95 season put the kibosh on her going and I only managed to go 4 times. 95/96 season, I got out once. Though, we did put another bun in the oven. When the boy was 5 and baby-girl was 3. We broke our long standing commitment to nontraditional cohabitation and tied the knot. The bonus, to waiting, your kids,get to be, in the wedding.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Married 5 years. We're DINKS at the moment.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

married, 3 kids, 22,18,16

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Married 5 years. We're DINKS at the moment.

In Marketing class we learned about DINKs...Double Income No Kids...DINKs have more disposable income than any group in general...since bills are shared. One thing that's tough about skiing for a single twentysomething male is that there aren't alot of single twentysomething females skiing. The ones I meet mainly seem to be there with boyfriends/husbands..and it seems to mostly be either jailbait..or the mothers of jailbait. There have been a few times when I've met a girl on the ski lift and ended up taking several runs with her but it's never led to anything.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

I. There have been a few times when I've met a girl on the ski lift and ended up taking several runs with her but it's never led to anything.

Might have had something to do with that jailbait perception you have or possibly when you ask them if they know how to do laundry on that first liftride back up.