[HairOfTheDog]

Hmmm..... OK. I didn't read the whole thread, only responded to a couple of your early posts. If you layed out lots of reasons why marriage is stupid I missed it. There is a lot of other chaffe on the thread.

Why is marriage stupid? I have heard you say "Because ~everyone's~ parents were screwed up and didn't teach them". ? What are we supposed to do about that? How is believing that going to help you live in a marriage?

[KantianBurke]

Why marriage is a foolish proposition for a man:

1) Divorce courts
2) Taxation
3) "Modern" woman's attitudes toward marriage and their own pasts
4) Cow, free milk parable
5) Health
6) Societal acceptance of divorce, bastardy

Each could be expanded upon if need be. Solutions?

1) BIG reformation of the court system
2) BIG changes in our levels of taxation for those in their 20's, 30's, married couples
The remaining issues are tied up with one's upbringing and outlook on life. Hence its very hard to legislate. Perhaps a generation of unmarried spinsters will counteract the past 30 years of societal rot as a warning?