75% is stupid high, its literally investing all your money in something that results in people losing all their money 75% of time. Doing so is borderline retarded.
I may be a cynical and pessimistic person but I'm also a rational person, and rationale/logic/math are telling me to stay the fukk away from this.
60-70% of losing it all, money, car, house kids, peace of mind, respect, self-esteem, etc. It's not worth it.
Being 'good' is overrated. Being a good person won't protect you from falling prey to bad people/situations. Being a good person isn't going to invalidate statistics and facts.
It's hurt, be hurt or opt out. These are the only choices. (In the West, I have no idea how other cultures truly operate.)
I respect your opinion and optimism nonetheless.
Alright, let me tell you a bit about the business of marriage...
People marry because there are some financial benefits to it. However they plan those benefits they can be worth investing in marriage, or not. It's like I was telling someone on another thread; cheating business men marry because that "clean family man" image makes them more money. People buy their bullshyt easier when they got a family picture with pops, mom and two well-behaved children on the cover of a magazine.
In that sense marriage isn't retarded, it's just a business deal with high-stakes. Where one false move can allow you to lose a lot with little to no benefit (Tiger Woods) at all.
Now, if you're not gonna be a family man and are comfortable in your ability to make the amount of money you want without marrying (and facing the downside of it, 'cause married people will whisper to each other about how your non-married ass should not be trusted to do business with) then that's fine, and I actually admire that. There comes a glass-ceiling with not marrying, and either you're gonna be comfortable with that glass ceiling OR you'll find a way to break it. High-stakes decisions indeed breh.
You ever watched that movie "There Will Be Blood"? The main character adopted his worker's son after his worker died in an oil well while they were on the come-up. But after that in every town he went he'd say: "This is my son H.W. Plainview, his mother died during labour and he's all I've got left". He spun that story every time because he knew, married men are seen a cut above non-married men.
Edit: It's intrinsic...or cultural. I honestly can't be sure as that's outside my field of study.



". It's a harsh thing to say