Why should men get married these days?

Then don't get married. However it's none of your business if other men decide to do so.

If my marriage don't work out I don't plan on taking anything from my husband. I'll only take what I had before marrying and things we bought together can be split equally.

Also don't get why wives have to be the one to do the cooking? Surely it should be voluntary depending on who wants to do it?

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You get many benefits which men obviously don't get during divorce and after FULLSTOP!

He will likely make more than me. However I've been told that I can refuse alimony or anything similar if we do separate.

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WHY!

My last hope of marriage is destroyed with no prenup. Law in UK sucks in my opinion!

It's just a piece of paper and the most expensive day of your life.
It's easy to be happy with someone without marriage


Im a woman and I dislike the idea of marriage as well. I'm not religious in any way, so why should I?

Not only do husbands get convicted, they get convicted against all principles of law and human rights.

SW v UK, CR v UK (1996), two husbands retrospectively convicted for marital rapes commited before it was illegal (i.e. before the exemption ended). The courts basically said "you should have known this would be illegal sooner or later". One of the most egregious blights on recent legal history, if you ask me.

Is marital rape a terribe thing? Yes. Is it "good" that it is illegal? Yes. However, is it just to convict a person of an act that was not a crime when he committed it?

On pre-nups-

They only really take effect if there are no other considerations to make - children and needs would come first. In your typical small-money divorce, it would almost certainly have no effect. It's notable that the case law on ante-nuptial contracts is exceptionally thin, and all this is being made on the basis of the Radmacher case. The first ante-nuptial contract given effect in this country - and guess what? It was in favour of a rich wife enforcing it against her less wealthy husband.


On divorce rates -

Less than 50%, closer to 40% and have generally been falling steadily for decades. The average length of a marriage is very long - more than 30 years.

On division of property:

It's not 50%. 50% is supposed to be the starting point, but most divorces are small-money cases, and needs (usually children) will take priority.

An ex-husband can easily be left with much less than 50% of assets, much less than 50% of access to children and obligations lasting long into the future. A wife can potentially make claim on assets that a husband does not even have yet.

Pschh nope. I am the "breadwinner" in my relationship! I get my own paperz brah

If it's not religion that's forcing you to marriage then I wouldn't bother with it really. Better to stay safe then be sorry and be in a place where you wished you hadn't been married.

OP cohabiting with a few cats

No, not necessarily. My wife stood by me when we were living like rock stars and our biggest daily problem was what restaurant should we go to to times when we could barely afford our rent. She does pretty much all the housework. I think girls need marriage because of their emotional and insecure nature, they need a formal commitment. They also tend to be more mainstream, cautious and conservative in thinking and marriage is related to all of those tendencies.

Are you serious? Do you believe a man will have to give his ex half of his salary for the rest of her life for some reason?

Yes terrible for those who poor like me....

If I was married and divorced it would be life destroyer.

Feminism is not a reason to not get married. Yes, women now have more rights and equality in divorce but that doesn't mean that any woman will marry a man JUST to get half of what he has, unless both you and her are incredibly stupid. I'm male and I'm a feminist, but I dont want to marry just so I can get half of what my wife owns. I want to marry because I love the person I'm with and want to spend my life with them. There is no bigger romantic statement than that in my opinion.

You mean like a 30% decline in earnings?

But would you really refuse alimony for gods sake?

I never seen a case or a women refusing allmoney....(

Why don't you just marry someone that isn't after your money?

My boyfriends mum got the shortest deal ever in her divorce because she just wanted rid of his dad so much...

Gosh, you're dumb AND stubborn. You'll be lucky if you trick anyone into marrying you anyway, so not to worry.

I agree its more of a girls thing then a man's thing as it obviously benefits the girl and puts the man at bigger risk. And ye you seem to have a good partner which I can only dream of.