You’re absolutely right; I saw a great T-shirt: “Why get married? Just find a nasty lady and buy her a house”.
I thought that was hysterical (and I’ve been married 10+ years, not divorced, 3 kids).
It’s more than just a house. Hubby will have shelled out well over a quarter of a mill in “matriarchy support” over the next 21 years (yep it’s till 21 mandatory and probably older than that pretty soon in NYS) He earns between 30-35K a year.