But once a couple settles into married life, new expenses aren't far behind.

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And he told me that he wasn't leaving, that we had been through everything in our whole married life and he was going to stay with me.

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"My career is always going to be a big part of my life, " said Ms. Chun, who isn't married but is in a serious relationship.

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Mr. Connell, who never married, studied creative writing at Stanford and Columbia universities but didn't teach, saying campus life was too comfortable.

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