miked wrote:
Well I totally hate you. Yes I am an asshole, and way worse than you. I am immature and I enjoy it.
Of course thats only my opinion right? You should probably accept it, since thats what you say I should do right?
When someone insults me (or a poor attempt of it), there are two ways for me to think about it.
1. What they say is not true, so why should I care? It does nothing since lies are weak and powerless.
2. What they say is actually true. In that case, I agree with them and do what I can to fix it. If I wasn't aware of it before, I might thank them for letting me know.
Wait. So you don't agree with my opinion? I thought you were open minded.....
Basically you expect everyone to agree with your ass hole opinions but you cant agree with anyone else. This makes you a textbook definition of a troll. I could care less about your opinions of marriage and obviously no one else can either.
Of course if we don't agree with you then we have to hear about it straight from YOUR mouth. And that was basically the point about my immature post. You are in fact an ASS HOLE, but you force your opinions on anyone you can. Therefore you are a troll. Why can't I give my opinion about your mother?
Don't tell us that you are "understanding" and "open minded" when you don't care to hear it. Just chill out and try to speak like a normal person.
Inazuma wrote:
I think the coin flip analogy is almost perfect.
That's because you haven't thought very hard about it.
The high school graduation rate in the United States is somewhere in the neighborhood of 75%. That doesn't mean that, when I was in first grade, I only had a 75% chance of graduating high school. I had a supportive family structure that valued education and encouraged me to study hard. I was also blessed with above-average intelligence and a desire to learn. My personal odds for finishing high school were much, much better than the national average.
There are a lot more factors involved than just a coin flip on one's wedding day. People are people, not statistics.
On a side note, the 50% number is true in the United States, but many countries have much lower divorce rates. A Japanese guy married his DS. The Japanese divorce rate is way lower than the U.S. divorce rate.
Inazuma wrote:
I think the coin flip analogy is almost perfect.
That's because you haven't thought very hard about it.
The high school graduation rate in the United States is somewhere in the neighborhood of 75%. That doesn't mean that, when I was in first grade, I only had a 75% chance of graduating high school. I had a supportive family structure that valued education and encouraged me to study hard. I was also blessed with above-average intelligence and a desire to learn. My personal odds for finishing high school were much, much better than the national average.
There are a lot more factors involved than just a coin flip on one's wedding day. People are people, not statistics.
On a side note, the 50% number is true in the United States, but many countries have much lower divorce rates. A Japanese guy married his DS. The Japanese divorce rate is way lower than the U.S. divorce rate.
First off, thanks for actually trying to explain your side. Much better than simply calling me names like the others have been doing.
I understand what you are saying about personal chances compared to everyone in general and that's certainly true. So let's go with that for a moment.
Let's give you the benefit of the doubt and say you, personally, have a 95% chance of not getting divorced. Does that change anything? No, not really.
You still have the same problem. 95% chance of nothing changing, and a 5% chance of losing half your money. Marriage would be a bad deal even with those odds.
Also, no matter how good of a person you may be, you do not have total control over your wife so you can't ever be 100% sure what's gonna happen in your marriage.
Inazuma wrote:
I think the coin flip analogy is almost perfect. When a man gets married, there is about a 50% chance of divorce, which will take away about 60% of his money/property. Now, if he doesn't get divorced, he gains nothing because nothing changes. Being married doesn't affect his daily life or his feelings for his woman. That could all still be the exact same without being married.
I'm calling shenanigans.
Are you married? Probably not.
If you are, then you married for the wrong reasons.
Economically I would agree there could be extraneous reasons why two people would get married, but the most typical reason is out of LOVE, something that you clearly have no concept of. Love is not usually tangible, yet he gains it for marrying someone he loves, gay or straight. Just because statistically (or weatherman predictability FTL) divorce rate is high in the U.S. doesn't mean you shouldn't marry. Marrying someone also is not stupid. It is a social norm. If you personally feel it is stupid, fine.
Oye.
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