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Stupid US Government

posted 2 years ago in The Lounge
  • poll: How petty am I?
    you're completely nuts : (36 votes)
    78 %
    Not at all, I wanted to throw a mini tantrum too... : (10 votes)
    22 %
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    greenleafmountain    7.31.2010  

    Ok, so this isn't about anything like visas or important stuff like that but...

    I just got a letter today saying that the census is coming in a week.  I had really really been hoping it would come later in the year after FI and I were married.  We don't live together now, so we'll have to fill it out separately as singles.  I know it's not really a big deal, but it annoys me that we won't fill it out as a married couple until 2020 now.  So for the next decade, even though I'll be married for 9 1/2 years of it, I'll be inflating the numbers of single people in my town... boo.

     
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    otb    December 31, 2009   Chicago, IL

    Awww.... I think I would feel the same way.

     
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    His Barista    September 4, 2010   Spokane, WA

    I was hoping to be married, too! = (

     
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    MissChirpie    August 2010   Minnesota

    You could probably just fill it out as if you were a married couple. When you file your taxes next year, the government will consider you married for the entire year anyways. 

     
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    Ms. Caniche    September 18, 2010   Orange County, CA

    @Miss Chirpie-  That is so true.  I never thought of it that way.

     
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    MrsSl82be    October 24, 2009  

    Agreed, fill it out married

     
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    greenleafmountain    7.31.2010  

    The problem is that we live apart.  I guess we could say we are married but keep separate addresses, but that seems strange... I guess I'm not really upset about it, just a little disappointed.

     
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    ILikePink    June 9, 2012   Minneapolis, MN

    I work for the Census; Sorry we screwed up your day! Wink

    And don't lie on your Census form! It's illegal!

     
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    bohemianbailie    January 15, 2011   Huntington Beach, California

    Yep and then the Census will just get one of you to fill out whichever was not returned!

     
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    emilymuchnikoff      

    I agree! We just got the census in the mail today and are getting married in May. Wish we could fill it out as a married couple =(

     
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    mermaideve      

    Hey, I don't care. As long as we get married this year, I don't mind what the census says. Breathe.

     
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    LittlestBirds    July 24, 2010   Seattle, WA

    I doubt that 79% of the poll responders really mean that "you're completely nuts," but that still made me laugh. :) Don't feel bad, after waiting so long to be married, every little acknowledgement of it can mean a lot, so it's understandable that this would mean something to you.

     

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