Look at marriage from an objective standpoint and realize that it is a civil contract that unifies the assets of two individuals or estates. In other words, it is the act of making a union recognized by the government which means the government now legally governs over said union.
So there is the potential for alimony payments if the merger is dissolved and the splitting of assets. Lesson being, if you choose to enter such a legally binding merger, only do so if both parties contribute assets equally (both pre merger and in terms of productivity while the union remains intact) unless you don't mind potentially losing half of what you brought into the merger and making monthly payments to your former partner to maintain their standard of living.
This is before children are even taken into account. Add child payments in this instance and realize in most Western nations that women are granted custody about 90% of the time. Defaulting on child support payments can put one in arrears, landing them in prison.
Not trying to scare anyone, just making it clear what marriage is. It's a legally binding merger of estates. So know very well what you are buying into if you choose to do so.
Nobody goes into marriage with the idea in mind that theirs will end in divorce, which is obviously a defeatist mindset, but realistically, a good percentage of marriages ed in divorce. There are roughly half the number of divorces per year as there are marriages. 32.2 marriages per 1,000 unwed women and about 16.9 divorces per 1,000 married women. So a 16.9 to 32.2 ratio of divorce to marriage in 2015 which is not the same as saying 16.9 marriages out of 32.2 ended in divorce.
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