On 2014-07-12 2:46 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> Having a child out of wedlock is bad enough, buying a house jointly
> without the benefit of marriage is insanity... don't spend too much on
> the housewarming gift... odds are their relationship won't last a
> year, nothing is more stressful for a young couple than owning a
> house.

Too true. A friend of my son was married to a really nice girl who had
a good job and wealthy parents. I don't know what possessed him to leave
her and take up with the wench he did. My son and his other friends all
hate the woman, who happens to have a 15 year old daughter from a
previous relationship... not marriage. They have a child together, but
he has been trying to get rid of her for years. He even served papers on
her to get here out of his house. She has no job, no prospects and if
she ends up on welfare his son will live in some depressed area. Bad
bad situation.