At 33 years old you don't see why. There is a possiblity you may see it after 45. Then again, you may never see why you need to get married.
Let me rephraase though: why would I want to marry one of the crop of modern, insane, bridezilla watching, reality TV addicted, wallet raping women that seem to be all over the place displacing decent women with personalities, careers, and a sense of ethics and reality?
1. As I get older I have someone that I can share my past, present, and future with.
Definitely a good thing. The problem is there is a 50% chance the person you decide to share your past, present, and future with will go to a court and say from now she just wants to share your pay check.
2. Where ever I go I experiance things with someone else, which adds to the enjoyment of the experiance.
You can get that with a friend. Admittedly I know what you're going for is different, all I'm saying is one can have meaningful experiences without necessarily endangering their income for the next 50 years.
3. Sooner or later I may need help getting off the floor, being feed, or clothed. Which is not something I look forward to paying someone to do. Or possibly I in turn may need to do the above for someone else.
And if you find the Princess Bride type of True Love you may find someone willing to wipe your rear. God bless everyone who is like that. Most people get committed to a home though it seems. Once more I see your point and acknowledge it, but I think it's a lot less attainable then your statement implies.
4. I have someone that challenges and supports me to be a better person than I think I am.
My racquetball partner does that.
Kudos to anyone who pulls it off, finds 'the right person' and gets married and lives happily ever after. Like I said, I know a few and they're aces in my book. I love the guys and the girls in those relationships, they're all cool as can be. But they are not the norm in my experience. The norm in my experience is blah to miserable marriages with the women causing most of the misery and/or initiating the divorce on a no fault basis and still getting to run away with half the guy's net worth. If avoiding that means I have to go to Paris alone or with a 'friend', or even a frigging escort, so be it.
Most women seem to want a wedding out of a God damn story book, and even if they're willing to share the cost the end result is the couple is in hock for years. **** that ****.
Most women seem to want a ten pound rock to prove your love to them, and after receiving it they cut off at least the blow jobs if not all sex. **** that ****.
Most divorce laws are slanted to favor women in terms of division of the assets and custody if there are kids involved. Which means even if the marriage fails and it's no one in particular's fault, the guy still has to support her and the kids but basically loses all effective say in how his money is spent and how his kids are raised. Few states protect the rights of noncustodial parents, usually fathers, so the guy may end up funding a family in another state with some other schmuck raising his kids with his ****ing money paying for his ex wife's new car and part of her mortgage. **** that ****.
Show me an honest woman who believe in true equality (as opposed to the BS version where the guy does everything he was expected to do before and most to all of her work too), likes sex as much as me and wants to keep it going depsite the ring on her finger, is as financially responsible as I am, and who is at least somewhat rational about how the world works, and I'll be on that like stink on rice. If it's just the usual crop though, then we're going casual and staying that way.
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