verbal agreements vs. contracts

gue_barium
gue_barium Posts: 5,515
edited March 2007 in A Moving Train
I have no contractual agreements in my life at this time, and I'm happy about that. None at all. If I can eke my way through the rest of my life avoiding contracts I will be a happy man.
Anyone else feel this way?
Or, is "the contract" an unavoidable fact of life?
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  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    gue_barium wrote:
    I have no contractual agreements in my life at this time, and I'm happy about that. None at all. If I can eke my way through the rest of my life avoiding contracts I will be a happy man.
    Anyone else feel this way?
    Or, is "the contract" an unavoidable fact of life?
    Wow, you live without insurance of any type. Pretty risky.
    I don't have a problem with contracts as I know I'll keep my end of whatever I sign on to. Current contracts are insurance, mortgage, credit cards, cable, hydro power.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    gue_barium wrote:
    I have no contractual agreements in my life at this time, and I'm happy about that. None at all. If I can eke my way through the rest of my life avoiding contracts I will be a happy man.
    Anyone else feel this way?
    Or, is "the contract" an unavoidable fact of life?

    No you can live your entire life without ever having to sign a contract but it's pretty damn hard. It means no marriage, no house, no new car, no credit cards, no school loans or loans of any type. The list goes on but I think these are the major things in life that require a contract.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    There's always someone who wants to reach out and hold a little piece of your balls...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    surferdude wrote:
    Wow, you live without insurance of any type. Pretty risky.
    I don't have a problem with contracts as I know I'll keep my end of whatever I sign on to. Current contracts are insurance, mortgage, credit cards, cable, hydro power.

    I do have health insurance. Though it is a contractual agreement, it goes hand-in-hand with my employment, so I sort of blur the line on that one. Other than that, nada.
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  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    gue_barium wrote:
    I do have health insurance. Though it is a contractual agreement, it goes hand-in-hand with my employment, so I sort of blur the line on that one. Other than that, nada.
    No home insurance of any type like fire or theft, or life insurance. You are either happy to risk your family's financial situation or still young and without a family.
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    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    mammasan wrote:
    No you can live your entire life without ever having to sign a contract but it's pretty damn hard. It means no marriage, no house, no new car, no credit cards, no school loans or loans of any type. The list goes on but I think these are the major things in life that require a contract.

    I don't understand the 'marriage' contract. I understand being born in somebody else's debt, hence my desire to avoid contracts.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    gue_barium wrote:
    I don't understand the 'marriage' contract. I understand being born in somebody else's debt, hence my desire to avoid contracts.

    Marriage in essence is a contract between two people.
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    surferdude wrote:
    No home insurance of any type like fire or theft, or life insurance. You are either happy to risk your family's financial situation or still young and without a family.

    As soon as I can buy a home sans a contract, I might consider insurance of some sort, but I doubt it.
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    mammasan wrote:
    Marriage in essence is a contract between two people.

    More of a verbal agreement, I think.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    gue_barium wrote:
    As soon as I can buy a home sans a contract, I might consider insurance of some sort, but I doubt it.

    The banks hold your balls two handed with spiked gloves.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Contracts are wonderful devices. Not only are they unavoidable, I see no reason to avoid them.
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    gue_barium wrote:
    More of a verbal agreement, I think.

    No it's a contract. You have to sign on the dotted line when you get that Marriage license which makes it a contract.
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Contracts are wonderful devices. Not only are they unavoidable, I see no reason to avoid them.

    I hate people like you.
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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    gue_barium wrote:
    I hate people like you.

    That's a shame. But hate on, if that works for you.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    mammasan wrote:
    No it's a contract. You have to sign on the dotted line when you get that Marriage license which makes it a contract.

    Who says you need a marriage license to get married?
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    farfromglorified wrote:
    That's a shame. But hate on, if that works for you.

    Hate may be a strong word, but I disagree with you on the unavoidable part of which you speak.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    gue_barium wrote:
    Who says you need a marriage license to get married?

    Well if you don't get the license then technically you are not married, in the laws eyes.
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    gue_barium wrote:
    Who says you need a marriage license to get married?

    The state.

    Now, I'm with you, I don't think the state should be involved. But if you have any issues of benefits or probate, without a marriage contract or domestic partner contract, your spouse will have a battle on his/her hands.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    mammasan wrote:
    Well if you don't get the license then technically you are not married, in the laws eyes.

    Oh, I guess that explains it.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    contracts bind...

    binding sucks...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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