There are important reasons for not getting married after a certain age. You brought up a very important one.
Children do best being in a stable two parent home. Before divorce was acceptable, there were a lot of families that suffered abuse, etc. I think it is imperative that the government stay out of people's homes, as they are too busy cracking down on homeschoolers, instead of finding the kids that are really abused. In other words, they don't know what the hell they're doing, as usual.
The opportunity for divorce doesn't do people much good, if their ex is abusive and uses the kids as pawns to get even with the other parent. You dream of finally having a peaceful, safe environment, and the child's other parent will do their best to make sure that it's the last thing you'll ever have. In this scenario, the kids are the ones who lose big time.
I expected the usual pontification on this subject by the usual culprits.
Totally agree with you! I am married we have no children and we also have seperate bank accounts not that we don't share equally in our expenses, but my husband has no control with his money he makes good money but I am a saver he a spender....people think we should have joint accounts but it works better for me doing it this way other wise we would be fighting constantly..