i’ll second the comment from the gent who equated marriage to gambling. only i’d characterize as it as much worse: marriage nowadays is just like **casino** gambling. if you get fabulously lucky and hit the jackpot, well, that’s just awesome. fish are jumpin’; life is sweet; etc etc.
the problem is that – just like casinos – for every jackpot winner out there, there are many MANY losers. and now – just like casinos do – now the legal system is ratcheting the costs of failed marriage & your odds of success up to stratospheric heights, to make more money for their clients. (who ain’t the men, btw)
living in vegas, sooner or later, most everyone learns a hard truth: stay away from the casinos, because *in the long run, you can’t win*. a casino won’t offer you a “game” that’s not fixed massively in their favor. who’d sign up to get ripped off? knowing your chances of ‘winning’ are less than 1%? knowing the real stakes of the game are “heads you get amazingly lucky and break even, tails you get wiped out.” that sound like a good deal? (as for the folks who *don’t learn* the lesson, nothing awaits them but misery, a destroyed life and utter financial ruination. rather like modern divorce, no?)
same with modern american marriage. nice work there, ladies. we’ll see how that works out for you down the line. what possible backlash might there be, do ya think?
