I was going to laugh at your post but the only response so far is from "CycloneDaddy" and I didn't want to mess that up. Just seems right.
Who wrote the marital rights laws in Iowa?
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and I think that's nuts. Marriage is a great choice. Obviously it isn't for everyone, but if two people are in a committed relationship and having kids, buying property together, etc., then I think marriage is a great choice more often than not.
Better tax bracket means you married someone who makes much less than you, not exactly a great benny. If you both make around 400k or more it’s better to not be married.
You can purchase property while married to which your spouse has no claim, but you need to get all that **** in writing and have lawyers and notaries involved, almost like a prenup. If he didn't do that first, there isn't much he can do at this point. Just got to pay his ex, get a divorce, learn, and move on.
Irrelevant to this conversation no matter what side you are on.
Marriage is NOT for me and I can only speak for me,
That hardly seems like an argument that will hit home in your average circle of ISU fans. Have you seen how many people walk past under the bridge on gameday?
I don't park in the RV lot, but we walk across the bridge so we don't have to be surrounded by peasant trolls.
Well the rate of divorce is above 50 percent. People also tend to get petty in divorces and take things to the extreme. There are some people that use it as a meal ticket and never planned to go until death do them part. Infidelity, bad financial behaviors, on and on.
The traditional get married, buy a house, have kids, thing is just not really feasible anymore for most people in the modern world. Most Americans need both parents to work to pay the bills, but now when daycare is about the same cost as one of those incomes, you've basically blocked a sizable portion of people from doing that.
I agree that marriage is getting less and less important. I think the first marriage divorce rate is around 40 percent. There are some people who seem to just love weddings and get married quite a bit.
My thoughts are if you have been divorced 3 times, you don’t pick the wrong person, the problem is you.
My daughter just got married, they are looking to buy a house. My son is not married but bought a house. We have several friends who quit their job and stayed home to be with the kids, they own their own homes.
A lot is choices, where you live, what type of house and other things you want, how much you are willing to sacrifice while the kids would not be school age. Decent amount of the stay at homes found part time work or WFH when the last kid hit school.
My cousin got divorced in less than a year. She is already pregnant with a different guy. She just wanted the wedding cause her father has money.
Edit: Her first marriage. They were in their 30s too. Not like it was some hasty decision. They had been together for years.
My wife had a roommate before we met. Her roommate got married and divorced in a few weeks. The day after her wedding she had called my wife (or another one of the friends) and asked about this guy whom she apparently had been humping all the up to the wedding. She just couldn’t call off the wedding apparently.
My mom went to a wedding shower of a family friends kid/grandkid. Shower was weeks before the wedding. Shortly after the shower they got into a fight, called off the wedding and the future bride took all the shower gifts and made a bonfire. My mom was mad since she gave a nice gift to her.
I mean of course you can find examples but households with 2 $400k incomes isn't exactly normal. Quick google says only 2.9% of households have $400k+ total and only 1.5% individuals bring in that much.
