So to sum up, marriage has an average statistical net cost of 25% of your property? Hmmm... I'm sure there is a clever futures/options/insurance angle that could be worked in here.
I suppose one could rephrase the marriage calculus this way: Would you be willing to give up 25% of your property for a 50-50 shot at a successful marriage?
Stating it that way puts an interesting perspective on the nature of the decision.
Ann Coulter wrong an interesting article which said that if you take out the remarrage to the same person out of the equation, the divorce rate drops to the high 30's. (38-39%)
Does not make it much better, but better is better.
I have long advocated that the first change in divorce law should be to make a consequece for the divorce. IOW may have to keep fault, but if you do something to cause the divorce (cheat, steal, proven abuser) there should be a price. There should not be a "cash out" attitude to a divorce.
I suppose one could rephrase the marriage calculus this way: Would you be willing to give up 25% of your property for a 50-50 shot at a successful marriage?
Stating it that way puts an interesting perspective on the nature of the decision.
On a personal level I accept your calculus as I have been divorced, but I will not give up on the idea of marriage. Of course, I have changed my personal odds as well, but that is mere methodology.
But for a lot of men, they will not accept those odds.