True or False: Married People Are Richer

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Sounds like everyone just married the wrong person. I am happily married and could never imagine one of us treating the other like described in other comments......sad.....

Jen of GA 1:36PM March 26, 2010

Wow, I can hear the hurt in your comments. I was married once, relatively late in life. I wanted a loving partnership, to build a life together. So it wasn't a problem for me to put in as much cash as he did, actually I had more cash on the down of the purchase of our home. While my husband was on a motorcycle camping trip I negotiated the terms of purchase of our new home & home loan, because he didn't want to reschedule his trip. Also, I found and negotiated with tradesman for the upgrades "we" choose to do and met and monitored services, leaving work to do this. I could go on, but by now I fear it it may only sound like blah blah blah to you... My point is... There are women out there, who want to give as good as they get, and sink their head, heart and bank account into our relationships. I'm sorry the man I married didn't value what he had and I'm sorry to hear the women you married didn't either. Please don't give up on love.

Sharon of CA 7:23PM March 25, 2010

Joy - You dad was a smart man.
Ideally speaking, this article is one point. Realisticly, it's still on point, but only for the ladies. Men tend to end up worse off (married or divorce) because the modern women do more complaining in marriage and more court wars over assets and child custody in divorce. So why even bother in the first place? Forget about marriage!

Mel of CA 5:09PM March 25, 2010

Joy - You dad was a smart man.
Ideally speaking, this article is one point. Realisticly, it's still on point, but only for the ladies. Men tend to end up worse off (married or divorce) because the modern women do more complaining in marriage and more court wars over assets and child custody in divorce. So why even bother in the first place? Forget about marriage!

Mel of CA 5:09PM March 25, 2010

I agree that somebody always gets the shitty end of the stick. Not just during divorce- but the marriage, too. My dad says that if you love someone more than they love you, keep it to yourself. People lose respect and quit trying to reciprocate once they know you'd do anything for them. I've been divorced since 1988 and can't imagine ever being childish enough to think, "It will be different this time".

Joy Antonio of OH 12:47PM March 25, 2010

end marriage 50% of the time she leaves and takes the kids and if you are one of those modern dads like me it doesnt matter when she leaves your a schmuck
then the redistribution of wealth kicks in. me for instance started out as a seasonal fireman, she was (is ) a scientist, i spent allot of time with my son (my pride and joy) in the off season left it to raise our income we where equal in pay (unequal as i did the house work cooking laundry outside chores car maintenance and home maintenance football with my son) in the courts eyes who cares if she left me with a mortgage that was more than i could afford( second mistake) and how about the apt 2 bedroom i got for us when she yoyoed back then left again her folks let her live rent free ( she makes 4900 a mo) takes home 3600 and it looks like i will lose my kids to 4 days a month pay for daycare and spousal support (for a year i earned a little more, and i pay her attorney fees. all the attorney did was give my kids a sense of insecurity ( she told them your spending christmas with dad, i even spoke to them on the phone about it reallllll excited then bam her attorney told her withhold the kids.
I SAY TO THE MEN (MODERN DADS) AFTER YOUR DIVORCE WHICH IS INEVITABLE REFUSE TO REMARRY THE NEXT TIME LETS TAKE AWAY MARRIAGE FROM THOSE SELF CENTERED ROTTEN LADIES GIRLS WOMEN WHAT EVER THEY ARE. the scales need to be uprighted i am paying for the way my grandpa treated women. then you wont have to worry about high taxes etc

c tod of CA 11:27AM March 25, 2010