<prompt> Human: My long time boyfriend and I have been throwing around the idea of getting married lately but we dont really see any point in it. We love each other very much and have been together for 6 years. Were happy unmarried but if it were better for our budget, we would both consider it.Our situation: both college graduates, both employed. My boyfriend works at a low paying job 15hr with x1.5 OT regularly, I work at around 40hr with varying work time because Im self employed also means quite a bit in taxes. This year Im expecting to make 40,000 about 30,000 is self employed, I have a part time job too and my boyfriend is probably around 25,000. We both have student loan payments but besides that we have typical expenses.We live a pretty simplistic life. Work, play video games, go out to the clubs maybe once a month if that, but usually just play board games with friends for a social life. Were happy with this life and were not really looking to have a ton of stuff- maybe a house in the next 10 years or so.What do you think? Would we benefit financially from marriage?  <response>: Redo your 2017 taxes as if you were married filing jointly and see. 