[cedws]

Marriage seems like a dated concept from when traditional gender roles were a thing, and men and women worked more as a team because they needed each other. Now that they don’t, with the high divorce rates and the high risks for men I can’t see a reason anyone would want to get married, especially outside the US where there’s minimal tax benefits.

[angmarsbane]

Small correction here, its high risk for the higher earner not men specifically.

[frenchman_in_ny]

Sadly accurate - and what is worse is that child support laws by state [0] are actually even more dated in their mechanisms, where despite using an "income shares" model, most don't take custody & parenting time into account.

So despite "savings" from a MFJ filing status, when you go back to Single filer or HOH filer, you're penalized on the child support side.

[0] https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/guideline-model...