I'm reprinting it here, edited, because like Susan's column and Kipnis» book, it raises an essential question about the role of love in a marriage:
If we marry for love, shouldn't it be OK to end the marriage when love is no longer present or if we are not content to accept «mature love» — aka, a sexless, roomatelike existence — as its replacement?
Jillian Strauss Theres an old saying
If you marry for money, you earn every.
If you marry for love as your first priority, you will receive the riches of your wildest dreams, if they happen to be rich, then count that as a bonus.
Not exact matches
If you're really serious about finding someone to marry right now, you should be using Match.com or something, where you can target based on very specific criteria, and these are other people who are paid and committed to settling down right now, so if marriage in the next 18 months is your goal, then Match.com is the product for yo
If you're really serious about finding someone to
marry right now, you should be using Match.com or something, where you can target based on very specific criteria, and these are other people who are paid and committed to settling down right now, so
if marriage in the next 18 months is your goal, then Match.com is the product for yo
if marriage in the next 18 months is your goal, then Match.com is the product
for you.
To put it simply,
if you have a gay employee who will now be recognized as
married in your state, every form that employee has filled out that has a check box
for «
married or single» needs to be reviewed and probably updated.
If you remove the need to income split by taxing the family unit of those in
married or living common - law relationships and then adopt a flat tax
for everyone — say 20 % — there really is no need
for small business to incorporate, except
for perhaps liability issues.
When Mark Cuban suggested he might run
for president to his wife, she reportedly asked him
if he had interest in staying
married.
We've all heard some version of this story from a newly
married couple: «
If I hadn't been on that business trip to London, bent over to pick up an umbrella, threw out my back, gone to the hospital
for an X-ray and ran into her in the hospital cafeteria, we would never have met.
Yet
if a same - sex couple had lived together
for 18 years before being allowed to legally
marry in 2015 and decides to divorce today, whether that union began two years or two decades ago is not legally clear.
If you want to fit in to that Calgary neighbourhood it helps if you're married, voted conservative, earn more than a half million annually and have a taste for champagne — the denizens there drink more than twice as much bubbly than the national average (no doubt toasting their good luck to be part of the oil patch
If you want to fit in to that Calgary neighbourhood it helps
if you're married, voted conservative, earn more than a half million annually and have a taste for champagne — the denizens there drink more than twice as much bubbly than the national average (no doubt toasting their good luck to be part of the oil patch
if you're
married, voted conservative, earn more than a half million annually and have a taste
for champagne — the denizens there drink more than twice as much bubbly than the national average (no doubt toasting their good luck to be part of the oil patch).
If you are
married and are covered at work, the phaseout happens
for incomes of $ 101,000 to $ 121,000.
The credit is worth up to $ 496
for single filers with no kids and up to $ 6,143
if you're
married and have three or more children.
If you're still in school and you're not married, you'll have to file a return for 2014, if you made at least $ 10,150 last yea
If you're still in school and you're not
married, you'll have to file a return
for 2014,
if you made at least $ 10,150 last yea
if you made at least $ 10,150 last year.
And then
if you fast - forward, in the second era, people increasingly want to
marry for personal fulfillment and in particular, they want to
marry for love.
It needs a complete overhaul, because, as do many family relationships, it creates a blueprint
for systemwide dysfunction, characterized by poor social skills, unprofessional behavior, bullying colleagues and inferiors until they become successful enough to bully others — or,
if they decide to leave, cutting them off completely, disowning them like a son or daughter who's
married the wrong person.
Besides, even
if you are eligible to contribute directly to a Roth IRA (which means a modified adjusted gross income below $ 112,000
for individuals and $ 178,000
for married couples filing a joint tax return), the maximum you can set aside this year is just $ 5,500
if you are younger than 50, and $ 6,500
if you are older.
«And after being
married to Bill Clinton
for 20 years,
if you didn't know the moment Monica Lewinsky said that Bill Clinton violated her that she was telling the truth, then you're too stupid to be president.»
In general, to qualify
for the full deduction, your taxable income must be below $ 157,500
if you're single or $ 315,000
if you're
married and file jointly.
My wife tells this story — and I've heard it so many times I honestly can't remember
if it's true — that when I hedged on getting
married, I could come up with only two reasons
for my hesitation.
Single taxpayers earning more than $ 129,000 per year ($ 191,000
for married couples) are not eligible, and you can only contribute $ 5,500 per year ($ 6,500
if you're over age 50).
Yes, but only
if they qualify
for a Special Enrollment Period due to a life change, like having a baby, adopting a child, or getting
married.
Not staying
married at least 10 years:
If you are now divorced after having been
married for at least 10 years, you will be eligible
for your spouse's Social Security benefit.
If you make more than $ 80,000 or $ 165,000 if «married, filing jointly,» you aren't eligible for the student loan interest deductio
If you make more than $ 80,000 or $ 165,000
if «married, filing jointly,» you aren't eligible for the student loan interest deductio
if «
married, filing jointly,» you aren't eligible
for the student loan interest deduction.
-- $ 25,000
if you're single, head of household or qualifying widow (er)-- $ 25,000
if you're
married filing separately and lived apart from your spouse
for the entire year — $ 32,000
if you're
married filing jointly — $ 0
if you're
married filing separately and lived with your spouse at any time during 2017
The same goes
for a Roth IRA, as long as your income is not above the limits (the ability to contribute to a Roth IRA starts to phase out at $ 186,000
for 2017 and $ 189,000 in 2018,
if you are
married and file a joint return.
For example, if you're married and file jointly, taxable income up to $ 77,400 is taxed at 12 % for 20
For example,
if you're
married and file jointly, taxable income up to $ 77,400 is taxed at 12 %
for 20
for 2018.
You may deduct up to $ 10,000 ($ 5,000
if married filing separately)
for a combination of property taxes and either state and local income taxes or sales taxes.
You are allowed to claim one personal exemption
for yourself and one
for your spouse (
if married).
Open a Roth IRA (or a Traditional IRA
if you make over the Roth IRA income limits, which as of this writing are $ 116,000
for an individual and $ 183,300
if you are a
married couple).
If you are
married, you and your spouse can each contribute up to $ 18,000 to an employer sponsored retirement plan
for 2017, which means reducing your taxable income by $ 36,000!
spends more money
for his colleagues to show them their wealth than me and cares more about them than me... it was a challenge
for him to catch me and after
marrying my life is all
for others... Ladies
if you are not
married, go
for someone who cares about you, loves you and is ready to spend time with you....
If it all goes to his wife it would mean Schmidt, the 136th richest man in the world, would be giving away a quarter of his $ 6.2 billion fortune to Wendy, to whom he has been
married for 13 years.
Even after being
married to someone
for years, talking about money isn't always easy — especially
if your views differ.
If you are
married to someone who has already filed
for (and perhaps suspended) Social Security benefits, and you apply
for benefits
for yourself, then you will automatically receive either the normal benefits you are entitled to
for your own work, or up to half of your partner's benefits, whichever is higher.
For those with three or more qualifying children, the income cutoff for the Earned Income Tax Credit was $ 46,997 for singles and $ 52,427 if married filing joint
For those with three or more qualifying children, the income cutoff
for the Earned Income Tax Credit was $ 46,997 for singles and $ 52,427 if married filing joint
for the Earned Income Tax Credit was $ 46,997
for singles and $ 52,427 if married filing joint
for singles and $ 52,427
if married filing jointly.
The Income - Based Repayment and the Pay - As - You - Earn Repayment plans allow
for smaller monthly payments based on separate income
if you file
married filing separately.
If you are
married be sure to estimate and use the benefits expected
for both you and your spouse.
Currently, homeowners are exempt from paying capital gains taxes on the first $ 250,000 ($ 500,000
for married couples)
if they've lived in a home
for at least two of the last five years.
It focused on how the deduction works
for a taxpayer who has less than $ 315,000 of taxable income, is
married and filing jointly (or $ 157,500 in income
if single).
If you make more than $ 62,000 a year
for 2017 ($ 99,000
for married couples filing jointly), your deduction is reduced.
So even
if you were single all year and you
married on December 30, you would be considered
married the entire year
for tax purposes.
If you make more than $ 72,000 ($ 119,000 for married couples), you get no deduction at all — if you are covered by a workplace pla
If you make more than $ 72,000 ($ 119,000
for married couples), you get no deduction at all —
if you are covered by a workplace pla
if you are covered by a workplace plan.
However,
if your income is $ 72,000 ($ 119,000
if you are
married), the contributions aren't tax deductible
for 2017.
Filers may claim the full credit
if they have income up to $ 200,000
for single filers (up from $ 75,000 currently) and up to $ 400,000
for married couples (up from $ 110,000 currently).
Married (filing separately) can use the limits
for single individuals
if they have not lived with their spouse in the past year.
If you're
married, filing jointly, and your combined wages will exceed the $ 250,000 income threshold
for couples, you'll want to make sure that your joint Medicare surtax
for the year isn't significantly higher than you anticipated.
Another example:
If you're
married, and you and your spouse each earn $ 150,000, your employers will withhold 1.45 %
for Medicare tax, because neither of you exceeds the $ 200,000 individual threshold.
If earning $ 73,800 per year (
married filing jointly) or $ 36900 (filing single) and PAYING NO TAXES interests you, then please do read on
for an interesting story.
If you are in the stocks category, like I am trying to be, aim
for a good chunk of income from Investment income and get to keep all of the income until $ 73800 (
married filing jointly) or $ 36900 (single filers).
However,
if you're
married filing separately, the limit
for offsetting other income is $ 1,500.