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<blockquote data-quote="denim" data-source="post: 7959327" data-attributes="member: 545441">Having barely, survived my divorce, I would rather not get into much of the personal side at the moment.&nbsp; But, on the topic of marriage, and not trying to take a pessimistic POV just stats, during one of the many classes or courses I had to take due to MD law for people going into divorce, there is a failure rate (not success) of 57%+ now.&nbsp; In addition to that, the remaining 43%, more then 50% of them are unhappy marriages that are staying together just based on pressure from relatives or under the guise of for the kids.&nbsp; Yes, there are a great deal of anomalies and newer issues, but as explained to me, most cancel each other out and the law of averages come into play.&nbsp;  So let&#039;s see, that would put the USA population at a generous 21.5% success rate of marriage.&nbsp; If something has a lower success rate then the worst hitting MLB players, there is clearly something seriously wrong with the construct of marriage as it is today. One personal tid bit, my perspective is that the hope or perspective of an ideal of love and happiness with another person locked down by legal paper work, is no match to serious risk (which is high statistically) of long term financial and emotional damage, ESPECIALLY if there is a child involved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="denim, post: 7959327, member: 545441"] [B]Having barely, survived my divorce, I would rather not get into much of the personal side at the moment. But, on the topic of marriage, and not trying to take a pessimistic POV just stats, during one of the many classes or courses I had to take due to MD law for people going into divorce, there is a failure rate (not success) of 57%+ now. In addition to that, the remaining 43%, more then 50% of them are unhappy marriages that are staying together just based on pressure from relatives or under the guise of for the kids. Yes, there are a great deal of anomalies and newer issues, but as explained to me, most cancel each other out and the law of averages come into play. [/B] [B] [/B] [B]So let's see, that would put the USA population at a generous 21.5% success rate of marriage. If something has a lower success rate then the worst hitting MLB players, there is clearly something seriously wrong with the construct of marriage as it is today.[/B] [B] [/B] [B]One personal tid bit, my perspective is that the hope or perspective of an [/B][B][I]ideal[/I][/B][B] of love and happiness with another person locked down by legal paper work, is no match to serious risk (which is high statistically) of long term financial and emotional damage, ESPECIALLY if there is a child involved.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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