Wrong, they don't gain anything because the government ain't stupid when it comes to paying out benefits and getting scammed. It equals out the exact same. Everyone thinks that people are getting great government support but in reality they're not. Go try it yourself if you don't believe me. It's poverty and a joke. The government doesn't give you anything except lousy food stamps and Medicaid. These people aren't getting what some of y'all think. They're dirt poor and broke.

I know a lot of people that do this but they're screwing themselves. The woman is getting screwed mostly and the man pushes it because he avoids being married to her and can walk away easier and not have to deal with a divorce. But in reality he's losing too cause of back child support and tax dependents.

If you do the math it works out exactly the same as being married. I've done the math over the years and it pays the same as being married and claiming your wife and kids vs beng single and getting food stamps and no tax dependents. Medicaid expires and you have to renew it. Same as food stamps and you have to have an address different from your spouse that's working. If this was true then everyone would be divorced and living together. The woman gets kicked out and gets nothing if they're not married and her paying mortgage as a team. I know because I had a stay at home wife for 8yrs with one kid. My taxes were the exact same filing her and the kid as dependents vs before we married and her and the kid on food stamps. Your way better off being married and claiming them as dependents. You can't get them on your insurance unless your married. You can't get your kid on your insurance unless you can prove it's your kid.

People do this because they're avoiding marriage liability. They're not gaining anything by staying single and trying to scam but most people are dumb and think they're getting ahead this way. The government ain't in the business of losing money this way.

Id rather pay less taxes using them as dependents, get a much bigger refund using them as dependents and not have to worry about her taking me to court acting like I'm a dead beat. Because your gonna get a little more back at the end of the year vs her food stamps and free Medicaid. Its not a win staying single like the OP description. Good luck finding a woman dumb enough to do this because she's getting cheated out of possible divorce assets.