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A comment on The Case Against Marriage – What You Lose When You Gain a Spouse. Parent comment

Re:The Case Against Marriage – What You Lose When You Gain a... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:11PM (#22485539)
There are very few things worse than being lonely in a marriage. On the other hand, a good marriage is absolutely worth it.
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Re:The Case Against Marriage – What You Lose When You Gain a... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:21PM (#22485631)
And it's hardly trivial to derisk. People grow apart (even if you were perfect together at marriage), and the cost of splitting can be enormous (emotionally, financially, and socially).

Do you like to gamble? Marriage is a gamble.

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Re:The Case Against Marriage – What You Lose When You Gain a... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:31PM (#22485723)
You grow apart. Every year to year-and-a-half, we've had to deliberately grow back together.
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Re:The Case Against Marriage – What You Lose When You Gain a... by downerending on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:41PM (#22485831)
Unfortunately, that takes two.
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Re:The Case Against Marriage – What You Lose When You Gain a... by lonelappde on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:38PM (#22490447)
Marriage is an investment. If you buy high and sell low, you are going to have a bad time.
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Re:The Case Against Marriage – What You Lose When You Gain a... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:08AM (#22494081)
No one can predict the future. Investment values evaporate outside of your control, "black swan events".
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