love is one of the best things. i hope u find it. if you do, i hope you do not register your relationship with the state. in a world where, as you say, people hardly commit to anything, i hope you see the danger of promising to stay with someone forever, then signing a legal document to that effect. i realize calling HIM your husband is exciting, but it is a high cost for such a small distinction. thank you for commenting on this subject, it is an important one, and we need lots of ideas, but you are a female. you don't understand. wealth, for men, is equivalent to being attractive to a woman, a symbol of who we are. we think about it. we obsess about it, the same way you obsess over your hair, body, and make up. i have seen friends fall in love only to have their emotional and financial security taken, along with their children. this fate is not inevitable, in america you get a 50/50 shot. to unmarried american males reading this thread: even odds you're going to loose more than half of what you've built if you marry wrong. before you sign that contract, make sure you understand the cost.