You write: "If you don't trust someone enough, don't get married. Period. End of story." With divorce at 45% of all marriages, clearly there are a lot of peop

You write: "If you don't trust someone enough, don't get married. Period. End of story." With divorce at 45% of all marriages, clearly there are a lot of people who trust one another who perhaps should not. Your rule may have a kind of wisdom to it, but, in the first place, people ignore it and, in the second place, lots of people start off trusting each other and then, 5 years later, hate each other. A relationship is a learning experience, and it might be wise to start one with some buffer against the negative things you might learn. Also, your rule can be turned on its head: if 2 people really trust each other, then they should have no problem agreeing on how to end their relationship, should unforeseen circumstances arise in the future that necessitate that ending.