[goldstategop]

Yep... marriage is just too risky for a man today. If his woman and kids stuck around that would be one thing. But if there's a divorce a couple of years down the road, he's right back where he started. No wonder so many men opt to stay single. Unless our national policies make marriage rewarding for men its better to avoid the grief and disillusion that comes with falling out of love and getting stuck with the bills.

[VOA]

But if there's a divorce a couple of years down the road, he's right back where he started.

I'm not saying this just to whine...
but I suspect that a fair accounting might show that he's actually worse off given
the total picture.
Lots of "lost opportunity costs" in this picture, as the lawyers like to say.

[PeterPrinciple]

"Unless our national policies make marriage rewarding for men "

Don't mean to pick on you because I find myself saying things like this too. But we hate it when the liberals want to use government to solve every problem?

[DennisR]

"But if there's a divorce a couple of years down the road, he's right back where he started."

In my case, I wish I had been back where I started!

The other thing that is a real downer for men is that in nearly all cases they lose their family. The woman rarely does. Yes, she loses a husband, but she almost always gets the kids. The husband loses a wife and the kids.