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If he has any anxiety about how to invest his surplus cash, marriage will remove this problem.
LOL, great post
as someone who works in the financial industry, I must give a shout out to women who are responsible for more than half of this country's GDP...
if it were not for women, this recession would be A LOT worse... LOL
the shoe supply would be just enormous...
we'd have to convert the shoes into gasoline for the cars!!!!
I guess being a spender is good for something...
maybe I should call it "trading with the vendors"
or women help with "cash circulation"
When the testosterone levels begin to drop, what you have left is companionship. And that is worth marrying for. I know too many lonely older singles to downplay companionship.
Hmm...maybe to spend the rest of his life with a woman he loves? Have a family, someone to be there for him in time of need? Being taken care of emotionally and physically?
Although, in all fairness, I'm describing a happy marriage here...it doesn't always work out that way, but this is the chance we take when we sign those papers - both men and women alike.
When the testosterone levels begin to drop, what you have left is companionship. And that is worth marrying for. I know too many lonely older singles to downplay companionship.
you don't need marriage to have companionship... you just need commitment, and you don't have to be married to have commitment... you just have to make the choice to commit.
Creating a family unit is why people get married. It's for strength, security, mental and emotional stability, child rearing, and all that jazz. If that isn't a goal for you then don't get married.
you can do all that without getting married... like many other developed countries do...
Without going into too much detail, my sister was taken to the cleaners by her soon-to-be ex-husband. She's gone through bankruptcy (because of his failed business), her home is now in foreclosure, but her husband is living there for free while she had to move out, but yet she's still responsible for the home.
And the kicker...the bastard wants her to keep him on her insurance for the next year. (What I don't get is that my sister's lawyer thinks she should keep him on her insurance so that it puts her in a good light with the judge. As if she hasn't done enough for the man. )
Ugh! I hate when men assume that the woman always makes out in marriage. I know plenty of women who didn't fair so well in marriage.
To be fair, most women do poorly after a divorce, that is why they are so adamant in getting a large amount of cash...
Marriage means different things depending on a mans age. At an early age it is the chance to have a wonderful life partner, raise kids and build a future with someone who is your best friend.
As a man in his mid 50's, I doubt if I would get remarried if something happened to the better half. At this age life is very good, I am confident and secure in who I am and most importantly single women really start to out number single guys big time.
in the early age, you don't have to get married to have a onwderful life partner, you just have to have a commitment.
Gosh, the bitterness here. Just because YOU had a bad marriage doesn't mean everyone does or will. (directed at the general public, no one specific).
There are nice guys and gals out here, and complete idiots/users.
Some men WANT to get married because they love the woman and want her to have his name, be a part of his life forever. It's not about her taking him to the cleaners or that she will run off with his buddies if they don't get the piece of paper.
Yeah, every gal out there is looking for some sucker to be her sugar daddy so she can turn into a cougar at 45 and find a young hot 25 year old...
Mediocre post...
men get married because they want the woman to have the man's name?
g i v e m e a b r e a k ! ! ! ! !
you can be a part of a woman's life forever without getting married
"honey... I want you to have my name...so we should be married"
Yeah, there was such a thread, but those who called bullbleep had flawed reasoning. I remember that very scenario happening to a good friend of mine - his drug-addict "wife" had an affair with his best friend and then filed divorce, and he got royally screwed. She got the house and the kids, and he lives in a rented room. So, yes, they both got screwed, he by the court and she by the man with whom she had an affair. Under these circumstances, it benefits the man not one iota to be married.
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(What I don't get is that my sister's lawyer thinks she should keep him on her insurance so that it puts her in a good light with the judge. As if she hasn't done enough for the man. 
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