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Rich folks can be as naive as anyone else, and they certainly must attract different predators... Not that I would know. ^_^ > marriages that should end in div
by heresie-dabord 5y ago
Rich folks can be as naive as anyone else, and they certainly must attract different predators... Not that I would know. ^_^
> marriages that should end in divorce for the benefit of both parties don't due to financial hardships.
The Sunken Cost Fallacy. It's a cruel -- and common -- steady-state among married people.
It makes no sense to gamble that ten years from now two people will be the same and want the same things. People change. You might reach the SCF steady-state, but you might also be stuck with a wretch or a lunatic.
Having children gives the SCF steady-state even more inertia.
- notch656a 5y agoWouldn't SCF imply the cost has already been born? Divorce is relatively simple without kids. If kids enter the equation, the cost of divorce is the differential between what it ACTUALLY costs to support the kid, and what you'd be paying in mandatory child support (many states like 30% salary after taxes.) That could mean a huge wealth transfer from the one without custody to the one with, with no change in resources spent on the child.