For the longest time now I have been investigating the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I have come to learn that the Church is true through my own understandings and reasons.
So after a few years of investigating the Church I decided to join. But I’m having problems becoming a member. Why? Because I am not married to my sweet girlfriend of 9 years.
Now that brings me to the point of this Blog entry. We would have been married a few years ago if Social Security wasn’t standing in the way. You see at this point in life we are living off Social Security benefits that my girlfriend gets due to her disability. She has a bad back and other disabiliting factors. I’m going to college to improve our lives but as it stands now this is all we have.
I know there are those out there that will critisize living off the system I tell those that read this with that attitute that we are doing the best we can with what we have.
My whole point in this Blog is Social Security. They will not let us get married without losing what income we have. I really do not understand what thinking went into these laws. My better half would still be disabled should we married. Nothing would change except her name if she wants.
I’ve seen plenty of couples that have one person taking in SSD and the other one not. Yet they still get SSD. Why are we different? I have no clue here.
I’ve been down every avenue on this one. It seems nothing helps. And the whole thing about this situation is all we want is to be married and serving members of the Church.
Perhaps we need to hire an Attoney.
Thanks for reading.
