It’s a sad commentary upon our society and culture when marriage is mainly a benefit because both husband and wife are working. Unfortunately it points up the basic failure of capitalism in the 20th century, “that one man cannot afford to support his wife and how ever many children they are able to have.” GK Chesterton. Unfortunately capitalism like Christianity has been tried and found too difficult and has led to the socialist state that we currently have.
Part of the reason marriage has stalled is the insanity of expectations - 22K for the average wedding ceremony, along with 1-2K for a prom. If they adjusted expectations, they could get married for the cost of one month’s car payment, not the cost of a new car.
By setting an overly expensive standard for weddings, marriage seems a costly luxury to those who can simply live together, despite the greater instability of the relationship when they do.
Up until the womens lib movement couples all over the world for the last few thousand years survived off the husband’s income alone. So WTF happened that people can no longer survive on a single income? I have no love whatsoever for the occupy crowd, but they are fueled by an underlying truth.. something is seriously wrong with our wageslave society.
Plainly, it costs way more to be married....(just in terms of clicker control if nothing else)....and what about the numbers....?
I’m a CPA from vegas....and an expert at odds...i do not want any part of any ‘deal’ where the odds are 50-50 the deal will disintegrate in a fiery end...and after it does crash and die the odds are 100 % that you lose 50% of every cent you’ve made up until that point. Addtionally the odds are 100 % your squeeze will act sort of crazy every 28 days during the Anschluss and around ages 58 thru 67 she’ll act crazy almost 50% of all the days of your blessed togetherness....
Lastly, ask yourself this question ‘would you board a plane knowing the odds were 50-50 that plane would crash and devastate your net worth and credit rating?’....BEST BUY A DOG..and date casually.