Six Reasons I Finally Decided To Marry My Same-Sex Partner After 13 Years

By Rick Clemons for YourTango.com

Thirteen years is a long time to share a life with someone. I should know; I’ve now done it twice. Once with my ex-wife, and this time with my partner … you know, the gay one.

I know, it’s not 25 or 50 years, but God willing, I’ll at least get to 24 with my partner … oh wait, make that: my husband!

Yep, I got hitched and just in the nick of time. Dec. 31, 2014, 3:00 p.m. Pacific time. (How’s that for a New Year’s Eve party?) I slipped right under the calendar year for those tax benefits. That’s not why we did it, of course. Nor did we do it to piss my parents off, even though we’ve yet to hear a congratulatory remark out of them.

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Now, if my list doesn’t tell you where my priorities are then you need to re-read it. The reason I got married was because I felt moved to say, “I do!” out of love.

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This article originally appeared on YourTango.

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