and would be given permission on a different basis and therefore may be able to claim benifits?

hmm--where is that written? does anyone have any definite experience of this?

dont think i'm being a doom and gloom merchant--on a site full of happy-ever-after stories----but i live in the real world--where 1 in 3 (?) marriages do fail.

it would be good if all the starry eyed young ladies reading this forum really took all this on board. life in this country is hard enough if you have a roof over your head and a wage coming in. when it all goes belly-up its no longer an idyllic world of smart clothes and fancy restaurants.