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Don't forget getting married elsewhere :3 You can always get legally married elsewhere and it sticks regardless. This causes insurance companies no end of greif, but it could be simpler if they just accepted that they got married. In North Carolna, we're one of few southern states that go through the process of Civil Unions. D: its baby steps, but it will eventually lead to outright marraige ceremonies.

Isn't a Civil Union the same as Common-Law Marriage? That was what my parents USED to be until Missouri ditched the idea. Its like ... the perfect system of marriage. Live together long and enough and BOOM state recognizes you as sorta married. No ceremony, no license, just live together. That means no messy divorces either, you have to sort that out yourself in common law.