Are you getting married soon? Congratulations! There are many benefits of matrimony in store for you. For example, according to one researcher, "In virtually every way that social scientists can measure, married people do much better than the unmarried or divorced: They live longer, healthier, happier, sexier, and more affluent lives."

Let's focus on the affluent part -- because there are many financial benefits to being married. Here are seven important ones.

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