15. Marriage
Would you apply for this job? Wanted. Partner to enter into a state enforced contract which can be broken by one party (mostly female) at any time for any or no reason at all. The other party (inevitably male) will lose a large portion of his accumulated assets and can be forced to support the so-called aggrieved party for many years, perhaps for life, often to an arbitrary level that the aggrieved party has become accustomed to (provided at his expense) and pay to support children that he often has no access to except perhaps in strictly enforced mandated visitation hours. What a deal!
This arrangement may have been viable in the past but is obviously not now. Never be pressured by society or any person and coerced into a loser’s game. Women are trained and coached to win this game. Some make a living out of serial marriages with planned exits (divorces) to obtain wealth and security. The is nothing less than weaponized law. No different than a con-artist robbing widows and the elderly one after another as a retirement plan. Be careful with states that have common law marriage rules. You can find yourself legally married and obligated while you sleep. Cohabitation can have legal consequences. It can start with a sleepover, then a spare drawer, then half the closet, then a moving van shows up and your (previous) place is now her place. You can set up shop in the garage. Rent don’t buy.
Your family, friends, groups and churches won’t help you save your marriage and relationships with your kids. You will be guilty by default. They will side by the aggrieved woman without questioning. Marriage counselors are inevitably women who will coerce and shame you into feeling undeserved blame and guilt. They side by the women and conspire to get you to walk without resistance to the gallows that are being readied for you. As always you will pay the executioner. You will find out the hard way what your value truly is to your soon-to-be ex and society.