<human>: We have been putting it off for a number of financial reasons, which I will list below...

1. We both think putting ourselves in debt for rings/a wedding is stupid, but he has a very traditional Greek family that would be insulted if we didn't have a traditional wedding.

2. My family is completely useless for a long laundry list of reasons and we most likely will not be able to depend on them for financial support. His family will be willing to help, but we're unsure of how much.

3. He had medical insurance through his parents and without it, we would have to pay hundreds of dollars for his contact lenses. He is nearly legally blind without them.

All these things considered, in bed last night he turns to me and says: "I've really been thinking about this a lot lately... Should we just say fuck my parent's insurance, etc and just get married?" 

I of course want to leap for joy and say yes, but what I said instead was, "Could we really afford to do that? We don't even know what being legally married means for our finances as far as taxes and insurance goes..." 

So married members of r/relationships, can you give me a crash course on what getting married actually means financially? Can we get married in the near future without financial ruin and/or a huge amount of debt? Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.

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<bot>: Wanting to get married, but unsure of financial implications; Asking married couples for crash course in what it really means, financially, to be married.