<prompt> Human: This is strictly from a personal finance point of view. The love, commitment, and strength of the relationship is already there. I just have zero desire to get married. Were late 20s, own a home together, and just have never seen the need to get married. Now Im thinking we might want to do that in the near future for taxfinancial reasons, but I also think thats just an assumption.Obviously sharing assets is something that is a big reason to get married, but we keep our money fairly separate and I dont see that changing much in marriage. Is there a time when it just becomes an obvious choice?Has anyone else gotten married strictly because it was strategica net benefit, rather than the symbolismexpectation of it all?  <response>: When gay marriage was taking up the headlines it was widely reported that there were about 1,400 benefits that married couples get that same-sex couple did not get. This would also apply to heterosexual unmarried couples; at least most of them. This website lists just a few of them but a quick google search should get you the full list. 