rw95 said:No disrespect, but I don't think you noticed this part.
I did notice that part. I dont believe greener pastures are drying up.
rw95 said:No disrespect, but I don't think you noticed this part.
Leonard D Neubache said:Orion said:Leonard D Neubache said:Show me a man who thinks marriage is a guarantee of misery and I'll show you a man who's mother was a shitty wife.
Hard truths, buddy.
This is a rather plain and obvious attempt to silence someone by way of shaming.
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If you want something with a bit more meat on the bones, then here we go.
The average man bitching about marriage being a raw deal is generally not living a life conducive to finding and keeping a good woman (a term I'm sure you will say is objective, because you can reduce all debates about human behaviour to drivel by invoking "objective standards").
I used to be that guy. I bitched about there being no good women but the truth was that I was a lazy, feckless piece of human driftwood washing about on the shores of humanity with the rest of the trash. Chances of finding a good woman there? Nil.
Guys expect a wife to be loyal, obedient, hard working, traditionally minded, proper in public, willing in the sack and capable of raising children.
How many guys bitching about a lack of women with such characteristics actually tick most of these boxes themselves? How many of them have ever stepped foot into a place where these values were fostered through dozens of generations, like for example, a frigging church.
So sorry, you can't have it both ways. You can't hoover up the debauchery of modern life on the east/west coast and then bitch about how women are lazy gold diggers. Millions of men are happily married and will be for life because they not only chose a good woman but they made themselves good enough to be chosen by one in return. Typically that involves removing yourself from human cesspits and setting up shop where the people are so terribly dull and boring, dull and boring being progressive code for "intolerably traditional yet happy".
What's the alternative plan? To bomb around bars and gyms hoping to stumble across a stepford wife with low expectations?
BassPlayaYo said:...
Marriage is a legal contract, it's not a relationship. If you willingly agree to a contract that's not in your best interest, most people will think you're a fool, but everyday men sign on the dotted line and wake up to the cold realities of what they've gotten themselves into many years later. The brainwashing is deep and entrenched when it comes to marriage. Marriage is a bad deal because it favors women, plain and simple. What deal would you or anyone here accept that clearly favored the other person?
Leonard D Neubache said:BassPlayaYo said:...
Marriage is a legal contract, it's not a relationship. If you willingly agree to a contract that's not in your best interest, most people will think you're a fool, but everyday men sign on the dotted line and wake up to the cold realities of what they've gotten themselves into many years later. The brainwashing is deep and entrenched when it comes to marriage. Marriage is a bad deal because it favors women, plain and simple. What deal would you or anyone here accept that clearly favored the other person?
I would personally prefer that the state had nothing to do with spiritual matters, and Christian (and pagan) marriage predate any of our governments.
That said, it is part of the foundations of our society. You can complain about it being a bad contract but I challenge you to find a modern, prosperous society that doesn't legally enshrine it.
Of course you are well within your rights to declare that we have reached a cultural "Mad Max" point of no return and simply refuse to participate traditionally in any and all facets of our society that built the greatest civilisations in the world. You can declare "it's every man for himself" if you like, but you'll find it a pretty lonely life. Washed up cat ladies aren't the only ones to regret never starting a traditional family.
Perhaps I'm biased given that I live in the sticks where ironically the principles that our civilisation was built on are still adhered to.
Leonard D Neubache said:Orion said:Leonard D Neubache said:Show me a man who thinks marriage is a guarantee of misery and I'll show you a man who's mother was a shitty wife.
Hard truths, buddy.
This is a rather plain and obvious attempt to silence someone by way of shaming.
...
If you want something with a bit more meat on the bones, then here we go.
The average man bitching about marriage being a raw deal is generally not living a life conducive to finding and keeping a good woman (a term I'm sure you will say is objective, because you can reduce all debates about human behaviour to drivel by invoking "objective standards").
I used to be that guy. I bitched about there being no good women but the truth was that I was a lazy, feckless piece of human driftwood washing about on the shores of humanity with the rest of the trash. Chances of finding a good woman there? Nil.
Guys expect a wife to be loyal, obedient, hard working, traditionally minded, proper in public, willing in the sack and capable of raising children.
How many guys bitching about a lack of women with such characteristics actually tick most of these boxes themselves? How many of them have ever stepped foot into a place where these values were fostered through dozens of generations, like for example, a frigging church.
So sorry, you can't have it both ways. You can't hoover up the debauchery of modern life on the east/west coast and then bitch about how women are lazy gold diggers. Millions of men are happily married and will be for life because they not only chose a good woman but they made themselves good enough to be chosen by one in return. Typically that involves removing yourself from human cesspits and setting up shop where the people are so terribly dull and boring, dull and boring being progressive code for "intolerably traditional yet happy".
What's the alternative plan? To bomb around bars and gyms hoping to stumble across a stepford wife with low expectations?
Leonard D Neubache said:"No decent women" rings about as true as "no such thing as game".
Both read "unwilling to make compromises to my current lifestyle to achieve the things I want".
Not an expert on the law as far as kids are concerned; I believe in most US states a man will be required to pay child support if he takes on the role of their father.Laner said:EDantes said:Just get married off the books, the state has no right to have a say in marriage; I don't understand why so many people, especially wealthy people who should be smarter than that feel that they need to have their marriage officialized by the state. There is a myth that if 2 people cohabitate for X number of years it automatically becomes a common law marriage, but this is actually false.
I am surprised to hear that. Are you referring to a couple without kids?
I dated a woman who was married at 21 and divorced at 27. The judge ordered their debt split down the middle, which she said sucked for her because he accrued most of the debt trying to start a business.
Purely anecdotal, but without kids Canadian judges are mostly very fair.
BassPlayaYo said:Like I said the brainwashing on this is deep...
You can have a lasting relationship, children, the works without getting married, not getting married does not result in you having a lonely life. The marriage contract is specifically designed to protect the interests of women, an attempt to equalize the power differential between them so that when the marriage ends the woman can still be "equal" to the man even if she wasn't equal to him when the marriage began. The marriage contract is all about raising the status of women at the expense of men.
Stop using talking points of the marriage advocates.
Laner said:BassPlayaYo said:Like I said the brainwashing on this is deep...
You can have a lasting relationship, children, the works without getting married, not getting married does not result in you having a lonely life. The marriage contract is specifically designed to protect the interests of women, an attempt to equalize the power differential between them so that when the marriage ends the woman can still be "equal" to the man even if she wasn't equal to him when the marriage began. The marriage contract is all about raising the status of women at the expense of men.
Stop using talking points of the marriage advocates.
This has come up a bunch of times over the years. Just because you are not married, it will have nothing to do with the outcome of separation when children, real estate and investments are concerned.
Own a house with your live in girlfriend?
Own an investment property?
A kid?
All the same, married or not.
You made a valid point, from what I can tell the laws weren't "designed" to enhance women at the expense of men; they're basically a holdover from outdated times in which women typically didn't have careers, didn't have access to birth control, and were dependent on the husband rather than the state for support (also meaning that infidelity and divorce had much more natural consequences for the woman).Laner said:BassPlayaYo said:Like I said the brainwashing on this is deep...
You can have a lasting relationship, children, the works without getting married, not getting married does not result in you having a lonely life. The marriage contract is specifically designed to protect the interests of women, an attempt to equalize the power differential between them so that when the marriage ends the woman can still be "equal" to the man even if she wasn't equal to him when the marriage began. The marriage contract is all about raising the status of women at the expense of men.
Stop using talking points of the marriage advocates.
This has come up a bunch of times over the years. Just because you are not married, it will have nothing to do with the outcome of separation when children, real estate and investments are concerned.
Own a house with your live in girlfriend?
Own an investment property?
A kid?
All the same, married or not.
The marriage contract being about raising status for the woman is on point, but at the expense of men is not quite true.
If you are marrying a woman who comes from a normal, decent family, who have normal decent friends, then the marriage ceremony is meant to hold them socially accountable to their peers and more so to their matriarch. Good families do not take divorce lightly. And once your father in law has invited all his business associates, golfing buddies and clients to the wedding, you bet your ass you better stick with this woman. Same goes for the women, even doubly so. Women from good families who just walk away from a marriage because of feelings are often doing so at the expense of her families name, and will often be alienated by the women for decades.
Marriage is meant to hold people accountable for their actions. But when half the women out there come from single mother homes, this accountability is gone.
If you marry, only marry a woman who has this accountability ingrained into her by generations of good parenting.
Laner said:If you are marrying a woman who comes from a normal, decent family, who have normal decent friends, then the marriage ceremony is meant to hold them socially accountable to their peers and more so to their matriarch. Good families do not take divorce lightly. And once your father in law has invited all his business associates, golfing buddies and clients to the wedding, you bet your ass you better stick with this woman. Same goes for the women, even doubly so. Women from good families who just walk away from a marriage because of feelings are often doing so at the expense of her families name, and will often be alienated by the women for decades.
Leonard D Neubache said:That said, it is part of the foundations of our society. You can complain about it being a bad contract but I challenge you to find a modern, prosperous society that doesn't legally enshrine it.
Orion said:Laner said:If you are marrying a woman who comes from a normal, decent family, who have normal decent friends, then the marriage ceremony is meant to hold them socially accountable to their peers and more so to their matriarch. Good families do not take divorce lightly. And once your father in law has invited all his business associates, golfing buddies and clients to the wedding, you bet your ass you better stick with this woman. Same goes for the women, even doubly so. Women from good families who just walk away from a marriage because of feelings are often doing so at the expense of her families name, and will often be alienated by the women for decades.
Without wanting to sound bitchy at all, what universe do you live in brother ?
I live in a country which is 10x more conservative than Canada or US, and even here people don't ask too much questions about divorce. It's usually "meh, just didn't work out".
fighter said:You forget that the main reason women divorce is that they find a new cock.
Men divorce when women don't fuck them anymore.
Diogenes said:In the normal course of business, would you sign a contract in which:
1. The terms are not made clear in advance
2. Any dispute will most likely be adjudicated in favour of the other party
3. The other party can break the contract at will and not only suffer no consequences, but be rewarded for it
4. The terms can be changed retrospectively by a third party
No? Thought not. So why get married?