Don't Get Married?

[scottmaher]

People have been sold a bucket of BS that marriage is all about love....WRONG. Love is 40% of it.

[Stranger_Than_Fiction]

Truth, take care of your emotional luggage before looking for a mate. If you find you are picking crazies to date the problem is YOU!

[paximo]

Who's gonna tell him how often it's the wife filing when divorce occurs?

[melissaknight]

I have to constantly remind myself that I can only control me.

[mikehamilton]

So I bought the system. I've been married to my high school sweetheart for forty five years. I'm not saying your stats are wrong.. But I think i'm the happiest man in the world.❤

[jesupcolt]

That's true. Once I realized what I was doing, I ended up getting with a nice girl I'd been friends with since high school. She's my wife now.

[cathryneallen]

Behind every divorce is selfishness. If each partner put the other one first, they would both win. Nobody who feels important, loved and valued wants to get divorced.

[Nathan-vtjz]

I gladly risked 50% of my wealth to have a wife and family. What sort of choice is that?

Take the shot at a meaningful and full life!


Klavan is of course right about how you chose a wife and your goal in dating radically changes the math.

[geloo.]

Women in your generation are different from this generation. If you only knew what type of women are in this generation you will understand why so many smart men don't wanna get married

[PumaLyn]

Happily single and independent. It's just my cat and I. Peaceful.

[HalfInsaneJane]

Marriage and starting a family is the best thing that ever happenned to me. Granted I'm a woman but my hubby is honestly my best friend and I try to be the best I possibly can for him. People are just obsessed with having hot spouses. Yeah physical attraction is important but personality goes a lot farther/further (cant remember the right one haha) than the surface level stuff alot of women and men want these days. The internet really ruined dating and I'm saying this as someone who met my hubby on Tinder. Humans were alot better off when they worked with the options they had near them because they had to make it work. There werent better options as far as they knew. My husband and I are so grateful for one another because we know theres always someone "better" out there but noone better for us.

[bumponalog]

I can't stand the 50% stat, it's such bullshit. You can mitigate chances of divorce very easily. But that requires virtue and not sticking your dong in crazy, which many modern men have a hard time doing.

[kittenkorleone]

Look for individuals who'll want a 100/100 relationship instead of 50/50 one and you'll be golden!
I'm 25 years into my second marriage and it's his third try. We adore each other and never utter a single word that couldn't be taken back. Be careful how you talk to your better half. If they are precious to you, act like it. Protect them from all harm, including the crap you can dish out in anger.

[aragorn]

Marriages that don’t put God first have a HIGH chance for divorce. God, not man, created marriage. If you want God to bless you with a good wife, go to church and pray before entering relationships. Honor Him, and He’ll make your relationships a blessing.

[freecamel]

75% of people who get married, stay married to that spouse for life. The people who divorce, on balance, divorce multiple times, thus skewing the numbers.
Remember, there are lies, damned lies and statistics.

[lisaj]

Half your money… yeah I earn more than every man I know. And I did in all but one of my relationships. And I’ve had to carry so many men this way in life and help their careers and help them financially. And I know other women who aren’t just financial drags to me and would end up losing held their money on divorce. But it’s not about that anyway. In marriage it’s a team effort and you got a lot from your partner and your career was must better as a result, most likely. And if she raised your kids while you work - so that’s somehow valueless to you? She should just be out on her ear with no home, mo savings, no career and no resume to get a career because you had a deal. Yeah guys like this please stay single. Please don’t have kids too

[Gandoff]

But when it is good, a good marriage is worth the risk.

[NickSpriggs]

Marrige is an archaic form of partnership law with an inequitable division of rights, responsibilites and assets and I will not be a party to such a partnership. Quote from Max Kaplan, my criminal law professor at Capital Law School. God rest his soul. The sad thing is, great advice is seldom taken. 1991

[jonnyenough]

Even if it was a 25% divorce rate... That still is more dangerous than Russian roulette.

[ricolives]

The system is not favored for married men in the US