We can always count on you, SAM.
It must have been one horrible divorce...
As opposed to one of those good divorces?
Your post illustrates yet again, you have no idea what you’re talking about.
Go ahead, convince me how great a deal marriage is for a man in America, today.
Whatever SAM's story is... Bet I've heard worse from some women.
One of the worst was a woman with terminal cancer. She said she was the breadwinner in the family. She loved and trusted her husband, so his name was on everything. After she was diagnosed, he emptied all the accounts, including the kids' college funds, and took off with another woman.
Even if Secret Agent Man had a terrible divorce, it doesn’t make his statement less true. Young men live in an era of free milk. Set aside religion/morality for a moment. Why should a man get married? Why should he pay for what some woman had been giving away free to other men? If you think there are many virgin brides walking down the aisle you’re kidding yourself.
What exactly does marriage offer a man that single life does not? All I can think of is the family/children/leaving a legacy angle. That’s nice. But it’s also risky. Because society and other women are screaming at wives saying, you deserve more. And any moment a wife can give her husband the I’M NOT HAPPY EXCUSE and end the marriage. 70% of divorces are initiated by women.