Sleeping with and living with a disabled person automatically qualifies you for a lifetime of financial maintenance of an adult dependent
Imagine you meet someone cute on a dating app. They just happen to be disabled and on DSP. You have a casual relationship. They're getting kicked out of their house and they have no other options, so you take them in.
Congratulations!
You now have an adult dependent you have to financially maintain indefinitely. That's how this forced financial dependency rule operationally works.
People who think this system is fair fail to imagine what it's like being the person with this heavy financial obligation or the person forced into dependency, or just think it happens to a lesser "other" who deserves it.
Our economy isn't structured to make single-income households viable. We have a cost-of-living crisis and a housing crisis.
Naturally, this causes strain in the relationship. It helps create the conditions for DV risk. It's well known financial independence is extremely important for making women safer.
Socially, very few normal people are comfortable with being forced into dependence. It's a huge loss of face. You have to go to your partner asking them to pay for this and that - over and over. It's against post 1950's social norms, which value independence.
Many disabled people can't afford relationships for this reason. The cost is too great. It's an effective veto on disability marriage equality.
My campaign (www.endpartnerincometesting.com) is fighting against this.
If I went into all the problems this forced financial dependency rule causes, this post would go on for pages and pages. Suffice it to say, the stories people have sent us are horrific. Count yourself lucky if you're not forced into this arrangement.
It's time to get rid of this inhumane policy.