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Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows

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118 points blondie9x | 1 comments | 13 Apr 25 14:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.258s | source
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georgeburdell ◴[13 Apr 25 14:52 UTC] No.43673220[source]▶
I do want to point out that never-married by looking at legal paperwork is a blunt instrument. There are reasons, especially for dual high earners, to not get a marriage license. Examples of tax-related things that don’t double when married;

-Income tax brackets above about $200k

-SALT cap

-Mortgage interest deduction

-HSA contributions (if have children)

-Dependent care FSA contributions

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1. Spooky23 ◴[13 Apr 25 15:04 UTC] No.43673313[source]▶
Yeah this sort of analysis really requires survey data. As a widowed male, i gained an appreciation of the complexity of things.

I’m not dating someone young enough to be my daughter, so the pool of available women consists of divorcees, widows, long-term single and various flavors of married and dating. Divorced people and widows have strong incentives, as spousal support and survivors benefits for children are contingent on not being re-married.

Also, if you’re not planning to have children with a partner and have money that’s worth litigating over, (or property that was your late spouse that should go to a child) marriage complicates that.