Recent content by Jody McKinniss

I must agree with Coffee here. Society's values have plummeted to depths of depravity that I cannot even begin to understand. The founding fathers of this country would be sickened if they knew how far we've wandered away from God and the Christian values that we were founded upon. Side note for...

The simple truth...Marrying a Muslim as a Christian would leave you unequally yoked. That inequity will without a doubt cause serious problems within your marriage as time passes.

So, I know I don't have to have a ring to ask her to marry me, but she's always wanted the whole traditional thing. The proposal, the church wedding, all that stuff. Personally, I'm dreading all the wedding plans, the logistics of it, the financial aspects, but not the end result, if that...

So, just wanted to update y'all. I went to the mall yesterday and got her engagement ring, so that I can officially ask her to marry me. Think I'm gonna propose on Christmas. Ring set me back quite a bit, but it'll be worth it in the long term if she says yes. :)

So, good news. I spoke with the SSA today, and was told that since we receive the same exact type of benefits, I will lose my SSI, but will not lose my SSDI. Nothing will happen with my SSDI. As that is the case, and losing my SSI will not hurt us, I plan to ask her to officially marry me...

I'm using a screen reader, a piece of software for the blind, to read these posts, so I actually missed a post above. I'd like to respond to that post now. I don't quite know how to quote the post portions the way others have done in this thread, so I'll do it slightly differently. @aiki, You...

@The Righterzpen, I have often felt that if someone is going to work in the SSA, they should be required to undergo IQ testing and/or other assessments to ensure that they can adequately perform the job for which they are being hired. In the 25 years that I've been receiving SSDI as an adult...

@The Righterzpen, In my previous marriage, I received SSDI benefits from the record of my mother (who has been dead for many years), and my then wife received SSDI from her own record due to a major mental illness. Two people, receiving SSDI, and they cut my benefits by approximately 1/3. So...

No, this is "from the horse's mouth" as it were, considering that the horse's mouth in this case is personal experience. I was previously married (that's another story for another day), but the point is, when we got married, Social Security took approximately a third of my benefits. So I know...

I have been considering this question of late, as I am a 43-year-old male who is deeply in love with a wonderful woman. We've been together for 3 and a half years now, and we want to get married. The problem is that if we do marry legally in the eyes of our state, we're going to suffer...