Originally Posted by neilhytholt
I'm just addressing his observation. That a lot of women won't give responsible guys the time of day, until they're older, then they latch onto them to help raise their kids, and then dump them when they can get a bunch of assets. Usually the women get the kids and the house, and the guy is stuck with payments, and the kids he may or may not get to see. I have a few friends who don't get to see their kids very often because the ex decided to move out of state yet the husband has to keep paying support which may or may not get spent on the kids.
Bottom line is the system is set up right now in favor of women. Men get the losing end in the family courts.
So just say no to marriage. If the women want to do that (have kids), they can do it alone or with some schmuck who is too dumb to realize he's getting taken.
Edit.
I should add that the bitterest irony is in most states you have to pay child support even for kids who aren't yours. So what happened to one guy I know is that his wife was always pushing him to make more money. So he takes on extra hours at work. So he's hardly ever home, so his wife had an affair with his best (???) friend, and his wife gets pregnant. Wife decides to leave him, best friend moves into the house, he moves out. Wife gets house, he gets stuck supporting a kid that isn't even his.
They're changing the laws, but it's happening slowly. Bottom line is just say no to marriage until the laws are changed.