****Actually, it's more that while women pay an emotional price for a marriage gone wrong, for men it's a financial meltdown.****
Actually I was emotionally crushed when the woman I loved decided that she didn't want to be married anymore. I didn't date again for years and when I started again I couldn't beleive how absolutly toxic and emotionally screwed up most of the women I met were. I stopped trying a couple of years ago (I'm in my mid-30s) and have decided to just enjoy the little pleasures in life.
An excellent point. Conventional wisdom for thirty-something women on how to deal with men is a warped, bitter philosophy with all the mercy of a Chinese warlord. I know a lot of guys and gals who were absolutely devastated by their divorce, and left as emotional wrecks for years. Eventually, the men got over it and were ready to try again.
With women, however, the damage seems permanent, and cumulative. Bitterness and anger drives a lot of women into a state they don't recover from. A bad break for them, and a bad break for guys looking to start over.