I'm an American living in the Netherlands, and I'm SO HAPPY to be paid in Euros. It's basically getting a discount on my debt (as long as I don't remember that those EUR 1.20 diet cokes are costing me damn near $2.00).

@laddibugg: Here, the difference is a label and a different procedure when you split. That's it. Joint property? Check. Legal rights to make decisions for each other? Check. Surname adoptions? Also check.

I've been lurking for a long time, but this topic actually brought me to posting... I'm an American living in the Netherlands, where there's a choice between marriage and registered partnership, with (almost) equal standing for both. When my boyfriend and I went to City Hall to start the paperwork for a registered…