Quote Originally Posted by Chaotixxx
Women support marriage for obvious reasons. They have every reason to benefit from it, whether it goes good OR bad. Its more risky for the man, and most divorces are requested by the wife. They get bored with you and wring you dry for all your money. Im not against it, but if you have a penis, I suggest seriously thinking it over.
Really....

A woman who makes a significantly higher salary than her spouse, and who has invested more into the couple's mutual assets, may perfectly well stand to lose assets if her husband can prove to the courts the same things that she would have to have proved were she to demand a share of HIS assets were the financial situations reversed as they nearly always were in the past.

Leaving the extremely touchy issue of child support out of the equation, and looking strictly at alimony and legal right to any real estate, alimony is (in my state at least) RARELY granted and even then only in cases of a very long marriage and proof that the husband in some way impeded his wife from pursuing a career of her own.

Right to real estate is also different than you seem to be implying. Either the house will be ordered sold and the profits split, or one party will be forced to buy out the other. Legally, mutual real estate holdings of UNMARRIED couples put the parties in a much more dangerous financial situation should the relationship fail. Marriage is in this case a positive, since the rights of each party are very clearly defined.

Any woman who marries strictly with the intention of taking her husband for a ride later on is a fool to do so.

Finally, saying that 'most divorces are requested by the wife' as part of an argument against marriage if you're a man is misleading. You include in that sweeping generalization cases where a woman would file for divorce citing abuse... by your statement, the implication is that this is entirely her doing. I think not.

I find your post to be rather misogynistic and not a little ignorant.
stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on . Marriage I hope many of you come to realize that marriage does not work. It is a waste of time, money, and "happiness." We should live our lives simply, happily, and healthy. Rating: 5