[mattm]

> marriage fails more often than not

That's only true if you include all marriages. People who have been divorced tend to get divorced again if they get married.

First marriages are more likely not to get divorced.

And to answer the question, I didn't sign a prenup because I went through a period where I dated a bit and my wife was much better than everyone else I had dated. We'll be celebrating our 10th anniversary in a few months.

[Gustomaximus]

I saw some study that said if you do 3 things odds are your marriage will work:

Have a university degree + get married over the age of 25 + women have a job

Do these and its ~80% success rate

[Dracophoenix]

That's not a linear relationship that one can extrapolate indefinitely. These days, we're also seeing an increase in so-termed "grey" divorces (divorces for individuals aged 60+ or near/past retirement) among those same individuals. Your prescription may lengthen a marriage but it's not going to prevent a divorce. Instead, it is more economically sound to obtain a divorce at one's earliest financial low points than, despite efforts to the contrary, being served one at his/her most financially stable,but most emotionally and physically exhausted. The family courts incentivize robbing Peter to to pay Paulina. Peter's solution is to minimize ownership and financial security as much as possible when the Day of the Shakedown occurs or to make it so that Paulina suffers a greater economic loss in his place place..

[cm2012]

Yep + college educated people in the tech profession have a much lower divorce rate than average.