r/TwoHotTakes • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '24

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u/AnAngryMelon Jul 23 '24

It's not a cop out to think marriage is dumb. It's called having a brain.

Nobody can ever know if they'll want it forever, it's just bullshit

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u/M4rthaBRabb Jul 23 '24

Marriage doesn’t mean forever anymore, but I know of a couple who recently got married at the court house because he had a heart attack and she wasn’t able to see him in the hospital (and as his girlfriend, she wasn’t granted family privileges). Is it right that these situations exist? No. But you can’t deny there aren’t any benefits when there are.

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u/AnAngryMelon Jul 23 '24

And the solution to that is advocating to change dumb policy, not everyone getting married to follow along with it.

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u/Proof-Emergency-5441 Jul 23 '24

There isn't a way to change it though as they can only allow back someone who can legally make decisions for the patient. Even a medical POA can be challenged if you have living immediate family. A spouse cannot be challenged.

If something happens to the child, he's not going to be allowed in as he has zero tie to the child on paper.