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toomuchtodo
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The Case Against Marriage – What You Lose When You...
And it's hardly trivial to derisk. People grow apart (even if you were perfect together at marriage), and the cost of splitting can be enormous (emotionally, financially, and socially).
Do you like to gamble? Marriage is a gamble.
AnimalMuppet
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You grow apart. Every year to year-and-a-half, we've had to
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downerending
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Unfortunately, that takes two.
lonelappde
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Marriage is an
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. If you buy high and sell low, you are going to have a bad time.
toomuchtodo
on March 5, 2020
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No one can predict the future. Investment values evaporate outside of your control, "black swan events".
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Do you like to gamble? Marriage is a gamble.