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>>gmays+(OP)
Just wait until you see how many of us can't afford houses and will be destitute at 60

>>thumbu+F7
marriage makes it possible for some that couldn't afford houses to be able to do so, by pooling resources together.

>>segmon+v9
So, what you're saying is that people marry for economic reasons rather than romantic? And when the romantic partnership fails, should people stay together in the economic partnership because they can't afford to split up?

That's effectively what we've been doing for the past few decades. And the result is as shown in TFA: a generation of adults who will avoid marriage like the plague, because they've seen how toxic the results can be.

>>tremon+7b
The proportion of dysfunctional miserable households I encountered as a kid during that phase where kids network a lot and visit homes/sleepovers was shocking.

In one extreme instance the parents had divvied up the house with dad ending up in a quasi-finished basement like an unwanted old dog. If they ever crossed paths it was an instant war.

Fortunately divorce has become much more acceptable since those days (this was in the 80s). Back then people would stay trapped in an unhealthy marriage 'til death do us part'.