This is exactly why I have male family members in their 30s with great IT jobs - single and plan to stay that way.
They’ve seen their colleagues get taken to the cleaners by ex-wives - the court system is stacked against them to be sure.
I married my wife in 1972. I retired the first of last year, and now that I’m spending all my time with her, I’m starting to notice little things that are making me very suspicious. I’m not sure, but I’m really starting to suspect that she may be the one.
I split with my wife something like 70-30 her. But, other than the house, it all went to her in monthly payments over a decade. I agreed to this because I wanted to be sure she would have a reasonable lifestyle for my kids when they were with her (50-50). And, I hoped she would not have to find some guy just for the $ support he would provide who would be trying to raise my kids. And, I knew she would blow a lump sum on useless crap like she did when we were married.
It worked.