When In Doubt, Duck Out

You know marriage is under attack when the legal industry advertises in this manner. Life's Short, Get A Divorce. With divorce being big business, I can see why law firms would try to profit off divorce. Couples that aren't compatible shouldn't have gotten married to begin with because they've wasted each other's time. Whatever happened to approaching relationships the OLD-SCHOOL way? Get to know a person before you decide to marry them, this way when you marry them, you know you made the right decision having done your due diligence. I cannot in good conscience support financial gain from a painful experience. I personally hate divorce because of the pain it inflicts on the parties involved: The couple getting divorced and the children (if any are in the picture). I also realize that divorce is a last resort after one has tried everything to make the relationship work and there's nothing left to be done. When you've done all you can and there's nothing left, take your loss and move on. I'm 50-50 on marriage, part of me would enjoy being married to the right woman and the other half doesn't want to deal with the ups & downs of relationships. It's going to take a special woman to make marriage worthwhile for me. Many men are reluctant to marry because of child support laws and alimony which are set up to favor women; many women feeling they are entitled to this, that and the third when they aren't bringing nothing to the table. Shacking has become the new marriage: Live together without formal commitment. At least when a couple shacks, they aren't bound by legal/financial and moral obligations to make the relationship work. The option to bounce is always available. At this rate, marriage may become extinct since many people are less likely to tie the knot. Honestly, marriage used to be about love and companionship but now it's delved into a business arrangement: What you can do for me instead of what we can bring into each other's lives.