100% It's a contract that creates a stable foundation.
Yes, I wish there was less gov't involvement, but that's true for everything in my life.
Key is to be a good person and to marry a good person. Then life becomes far easier.
While I have seen some marriages work, many miserable, even more disintegrate
That's your observation bias. Mine is different: My parents and in-laws have been married for 50+ years. My spouse, my siblings, my in-law siblings, have all been married for 20+ years.
No-one is perfect and no marriage is perfect, but the net positive far exceeds any challenges that marriage might produce.
The closest I've seen divorce is one cousin and a couple former friends. But, they were all toxic people. Toxic people who I had cut out of my life years before.
My thesis: Odds are - if someone is a divorcee - they will find themselves surrounded by divorcees. That's because they are (most often) toxic, and non-toxic people will quietly keep their distance. So, toxic people will only find other toxic people in their circles - hence being surrounded by divorcees.
100% It's a contract that creates a stable foundation.
Except it's been twisted, contorted, and diluted to the point which that is no longer the case.
I'm a business owner. I don't sign contracts with shitty people because no matter how good the legal paperwork is, a shitty person will make my life miserable.
Same goes for a marriage contract.
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