Generational Wealth or Knocked up

Many corporations focus on low cost endeavors that allow for short term gains to please shareholders and raise stock prices. Plans that involve high cost but long term gradual gain are often put to the side even though the gains might be far more over time.

That said, I wonder sometimes if people don't do the same things with their own relationships. With the marriage rate decreasing and the divorce rate increasing it appears that most people like to bank on short term gains than try to keep the long term going.

Last Wednesday, two day before I got married, a friend of mine advised me that I should not get married at all. He said that one should get married for two reasons only: 1) Generational Wealth; 2) Because the woman is knocked up. If that was the only reason people got married then the divorce rate would be far higher.

Maybe because I am a newlywed I am saying this, but I really think the long term benefits of marriage are great. Being alone sucks; and if you can find someone willing to put up with your crazy, then that should be reason enough to marry them. Just saying ...