US marriage rates are troubling to say the least

[DBTrek]

Marriage is hard, and most people fail at it.
But for those who succeed or are succeeding, there's nothing comparable.

Making blanket statements about marriage is like any other kind of blanket statement - only partially true for some people.
Even when I say "marriage is hard" ... probably for some couple out there, it's not.
/shrug

[TheReal_ND]

There’s no incentive to enter into a legal contract with tax penalties, just to say ‘we are married’. Who knew?

tax penalties? What tax penalties?

He's talking about the gibs he gets his girl to get by filing single mother.

Most insurance companies won't put your gf on your insurance plan so that's another thing to consider.

[Speaker to Animals]

Again: there is no such thing as marriage when people go into it with optionality. The entire point of the institution is the lack of options once entered into it. You can continue to call it marriage and pat yourself on the back for not yet getting divorced. That's cool. It's obviously not marriage as the institution was defined. In a real marriage nobody gets to divorce one another. We kind of had a whole Protestant revolt over that issue at one time. Just saying.

And when women all have the options they have to completely fuck over your life.. I would argue you are set up to constantly have to serve this woman and make her happy lest you get your children stolen from you and enslaved under child support. That's not really a marriage either.

[Xenophon]

Marriage is hard, and most people fail at it.
But for those who succeed or are succeeding, there's nothing comparable.

Making blanket statements about marriage is like any other kind of blanket statement - only partially true for some people.
Even when I say "marriage is hard" ... probably for some couple out there, it's not.
/shrug

I agree completely.

[DBTrek]

Again: there is no such thing as marriage when people go into it with optionality. The entire point of the institution is the lack of options once entered into it. You can continue to call it marriage and pat yourself on the back for not yet getting divorced. That's cool. It's obviously not marriage as the institution was defined. In a real marriage nobody gets to divorce one another. We kind of had a whole Protestant revolt over that issue at one time. Just saying.

And when women all have the options they have to completely fuck over your life.. I would argue you are set up to constantly have to serve this woman and make her happy lest you get your children stolen from you and enslaved under child support. That's not really a marriage either.

Marriage isn't just a Catholic thing.
You may be surprised to learn that India, Pakistan, and China have marriages too.

[Xenophon]

Again: there is no such thing as marriage when people go into it with optionality. The entire point of the institution is the lack of options once entered into it. You can continue to call it marriage and pat yourself on the back for not yet getting divorced. That's cool. It's obviously not marriage as the institution was defined. In a real marriage nobody gets to divorce one another. We kind of had a whole Protestant revolt over that issue at one time. Just saying.

And when women all have the options they have to completely fuck over your life.. I would argue you are set up to constantly have to serve this woman and make her happy lest you get your children stolen from you and enslaved under child support. That's not really a marriage either.

Marriage isn't just a Catholic thing.
You may be surprised to learn that India, Pakistan, and China have marriages too.

Hinduism and Catholicism have some interesting parallels, if you don't think too hard about it...

[Zlaxer]

Most women are sjw commies. Most straight men are not. No surprise here.

[Xenophon]

Most women are sjw commies. Most straight men are not. No surprise here.

This is true.

[TheReal_ND]

I talked to a girl at work and someone asked her if she was Christian and she said no. I called her jewish. She said she believes in a """god""" but doesn't like how divided humanity is and wants equality. I told her she was a satanist.

Why won't girls give me sex wtf

[Xenophon]

I talked to a girl at work and someone asked her if she was Christian and she said no. I called her jewish. She said she believes in a """god""" but doesn't like how divided humanity is and wants equality. I told her she was a satanist.

Why won't girls give me sex wtf