eli5: When you are asked to give your relationship status, why are the options all related to marriage? (Single, married, divorced, widowed etc.) Surely the one of the most common answers would in ‘in a relationship’ but not married.
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Because no one cares about your relationships, they are asking about your legal ties to another person. Marriage, or even common law living arrangements, has impacts on things like taxes, benefits, etc. Divorce and widow also carry legal concerns that a breakup doesn’t.
On the rare case it’s actually asking about your love life, like say your facebook profile, there’s obviously in a relationship is an option.
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