First, nobody but you will care if you show up alone. A work party is just a place to socialize, away from the work environment. WHATEVER you do, don't get drunk or in any other way become out of control in an effort to reduce your anxiety. That's a bad idea that can cause serious problems at work later.
BUT...
If you seriously don't like the idea of showing up alone, take a date. If others will be taking a spouse, you should be allowed to take a date. If you aren't dating anyone right now, just call a friend and explain the situation. "I need someone to go with me so I won't feel so awkward."
It doesn't even need to be called a real date.
If the person is married then you already know the answer ... stay away! If you are married you will end up cheating and dating coworkers or even someone in Management is not a good idea. If the relationship doesn't work out you have to face that person five days a week and someone is going to get hurt.
No. The person adopting a child does not have to be legally married. If that were the case, only married couples would be able to adopt.
Yes, mainly because I am married to a person of the same sex. In places where same-sex marriage has been legalized, same-sex married couples have identical rights (except for federal issues in the US) as any other married couple. In places where access to marriage is limited to opposite-sex couples only, then same-sex couples may be able to obtain the same rights by civil union, civil partnership or domestic partnership. Otherwise, they do not have the same rights.
they were couples
No same-sex couples have legally married in Person county. Although North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage was struck down as unconstitutional by the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on July 28, 2014, that decision is temporarily stayed for at least 21 days.
It's a legal requirement. They are signing a declaration that they are married to the person standing with them and to no-one else. (bigamy is illegal in most countries)
In China it is against the law to have a second child, so when they do they loose benefits. The second child also is an unregistered person and gets nothing from the government. It is like they don't exist and are punished for being alive.
Paranoia.
Generally, it can only take the interest of the debtor and not the co-owner. In the case of married couples, Tenancy by the Entirety property is fully exempt from creditors of one spouse and property owned by married couples is assumed to be held as tenants by the entirety.
well then apparently not everyone diesThe original joke is every single person in a plane crash dies, but some survive. The answer is the survivors were married and not single.
Although there are no reliable statistics available, it is likely that same-sex couples are less likely to be married than their heterosexual counterparts. There certainly do exist, however, hundreds of thousands of persons married to someone of the same sex in the United States. I assume this is what you mean when you say "a same-sex person."
No. In the United States, sexual orientation is generally irrelevant for single-parent adoptions. There are some states where same-sex married couples can jointly adopt. There are states where unmarried couples cannot jointly adopt and same-sex married couples are legally considered unmarried. There are some states where single gay parents can adopt, but same-sex married couples cannot. There are also many states where the adoption may be legal, but there are no legal protections against discrimination by the adoption agency against gays and lesbians. In general, however, if you are a single gay person and wish do adopt a child, you may do so. Joint adoption and "step-parent" adoption are more tricky.