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The legal fees themselves aren't very expensive. If you can resist the societal pressures to have a large and extravagant wedding with many guests, then even th
by anoncoward111 8y ago
The legal fees themselves aren't very expensive. If you can resist the societal pressures to have a large and extravagant wedding with many guests, then even the wedding itself isn't particularly expensive.
The main cost of getting married is getting divorced. Legal fees add up a lot here, and the division of assets is costly.
Now, you could argue your marriage won't end in divorce, but 60% of marriages in the US do.
- fixermark 8y agoPerhaps worth noting: that "60% of marriages end in divorce" number is quirky when you pull back the skin. 60% of marriages end in divorce, but most people who marry do not get divorced from their first marriage. The 60% number is bumped out due to the segment of the population that get married 3 or 4 times.
- anoncoward111 8y agoInteresting, thank you :) I'm still seeing divorce rates of 30-40% for first marriages, depending on generation. Anecdotally, I know a lot of people who are either divorced in their 30s, or still unmarried in their 30s. Considering the difficulties a woman has conceiving beyond their mid 30s, I think the explanation is here in our faces. My grandma had 5 kids and was married at 19.
- maccard 8y ago> My grandma had 5 kids and was married at 19. Funny that you've mentioned correlation and no causation, and then brought this up. How old was your grandma when she had her first kid?
- watwut 8y agoThat division of assets is cheaper if you married someone who earns as much as you.