The Bible says that a woman who fears the Lord is worth more than rubies.
I can attest that that is true. I can’t believe some of the comments on this thread — it appears more suited for Democratic Underground.
As another man has commented, we are not psychic. We can’t know which women are the real gems and which ones are fake. The best we can do is try to stack the odds in our favor. My reading on divorce is that 2/3 are initiated by women. And of those, most of the husbands are blindsided by it. Some of the husbands were blindsided due to their own negligence sure. But nonetheless all these men would be better off single than suffer the emotional loss, financial loss and enduring the nightmare of part-time dad that a bad marriage gives you.
IMHO divorce would cease to be an issue for men if women just did 2 things. 1) Be loyal. Don’t cheat and/or don’t divorce because your feelings say you’d be happier single/with another man. 2) Genuinely be nice to their husbands. My observation is many, if not most men really aren’t kind to their husbands.
Making an effort to look attractive wouldn’t hurt either. What’s with all the women chopping off their hair and dressing so terrible compared to when they were dating?