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Originally Posted by Crypts_Of_The_Mind
It costs more to divorce than to marry and if your finances are already stretching you thin during your marriage because of the laws... that's difficult. What makes it even more difficult? Most places require a couple to be separated for 6months or longer before a divorce can be granted. And, if your spouse refuses to sign the paperwork? Then you have to pay another bill to advertise for an amount of time plus foot the entire divorce cost. So no, the government is not enticing people into marriage by making everything except saying "I do" harder, they are pushing people away from it. Please stop saying otherwise.
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While you may have a point, it still doesn't change the fact that getting married is rather illogical if you aren't doing alright financially and have a spouse that isn't going to betray you later down the road; something that a high percentage of people, unfortunately, aren't lucky enough to have.
If you aren't well off enough financially to where you can take a hit on the debts and the higher expense of certain services and other living expenses that a married couple has to deal with these days, then the rational choice would be to actually do something about your money issues first before getting married. Why cause yourself more needless struggle when one doesn't need a fancy ceremony and a legal binding contract to love?
Similarly, if one gets married to somebody who is untrustworthy or abusive, than they are setting themselves up for needless pain and hardship. Such a choice is little more than a logical fallacy.
Sorry to sound so harsh and I apologize in advance if I offended anyone, but I have always found it frustrating when people make such significant choices in life that could hurt them later on over listening to their feelings, which have a habit of causing people to make irrational decisions. I am a logical person and an INTJ after all
