That’s why men don’t marry. Why not just enjoy yourself with a FWB or two or three?
It just may be that the successful man is the man who is smart enough to not marry.
What is the up side of marriage for a man?
Having a wife who loves you when you are not all that “successful or smart,” and just as important if not more important is having kids.
When I was 20, I had no plans for kids. Plans change...I had 3. Now they are grown, and they are not only my kids but my friends. And I have 3 grand kids (so far)...Cannot fathom what life would have been or would be like now without having kids. Life was not always a 24/7 Christmas Newsletter, but definitely enriched by being married and having kids.
Kids can be adopted and grandkids would follow. Why would a man expose himself to the women, and the hazards they offer, that are out there today?