In the US, marriage is bound by laws created by an active divorce lobby. Divorce is a huge industry. In my state, divorce, for a men, generally means paying ro

In the US, marriage is bound by laws created by an active divorce lobby. Divorce is a huge industry. In my state, divorce, for a men, generally means paying roughly 1/3 of your income in child support, and splitting child-rearing expenses after that. To most people, that's financially devastating. Before: Mom earns $100k, $66k after taxes Dad earns $100k, $66k after taxes After, Mom gets $88k after taxes, dad gets $44k after taxes. Uneven income, and Mom gets alimony too. Mom signs kids up for a $24k/kid child care with 2 kids. Dad pays $24k and is left with $20k for his own living expenses. Mom is left with $62k. Many Moms do things like this punitively, because they hate Dad. Dad is living in poverty, and it's life-ending. Mom is using child support to buy fancy clothes for herself.