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> It’s an optional service the state provides to many many*

This is essentially the power of attorney portion of my post. Perhaps it would be more inclusive if we just had a way to grant certain checkboxes and options to certain individuals. eg I could grant financial decisions to my mother, friend, cousin, and could even give a time limited grant to a girlfriend like "For the next year you can make life and death medical decisions for me" or whatever.

Sadly i dont see it happening because our government is so archaic




The point is that marriage is a default bundle, which is easier than tracking individual contracts.




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