I don't get this "proposing" with going down on your knees in US culture.
it's so weird.
like this knight thing in UK where the queen is waving a sword over you.
while we're at it: I don't get marriage.
@distelfliege it's a tax evasion scheme (unless US laws work very differently in which case lol)
negative opinion about marriage :P Afficher plus
@distelfliege @MightyPork ther's actually an arcane IRS rule where they can call bullshit on a marriage, so they ask for proof that it ISN'T done for legal advantage. same for immigration iirc
@trwnh @MightyPork in germany, this is done only for immigration, as far as i know, which is total racist bullshit!
abolish marriage! :D Afficher plus
@trwnh @MightyPork what's also interesting for me is, that marriage was always classist. if you weren't able to afford a place to live and found your own household you simply couldn't do it.
@MightyPork @trwnh "in the olden times" (I forgot to add)
@distelfliege @MightyPork in the case of spending money it's also classist if it ever gets called; the implication is that a marriage HAS to include expensive spending or else it's not real