Marriage. Some say it's a beautiful thing. Others(the ones who haven't yet lost their sanity) say it's nothing more than prison for the willing. As for the fence straddlers...well...they're fence straddlers! Screw them and their indifference! I pose to you the question: Is marriage worth it in the good ol' U.S. of Today? Well, let's see. There are many factors one has to consider. For starters, how high up on the totem pole are you? If you're making a hefty amount of money then I'd say there's no way in hell marriage is worth it. If you're a celebrity, forget about it. Let's not have another Britney situation or even worse, the dreaded divorce! I shed one tear drop every time I see one of these celebrity soon to be ex-husbands getting the non-lubed shaft that divorce has to offer. "Oh but he cheated on me and blah blah blah". So that means you should and have right to beat him in the head and the pockets through alimony? I call bullshit on that play! Hell, if you got used to a certain standard of living from money I earned then damnit, I am well within my marital rights to do what the hell I want! But no, there's that ball and chain-- I mean, that wedding ring that is keeping you exactly 1" away from that one woman that looks like everything your wife does not. 
It's torture I tell ya! Torture! But what if you're not a celebrity? Is marriage worth it for the common man? Side note: you have to excuse the male perspective in this post a tiny bit, seeing as how 1. Marriage is always worth it for women( *gasp* Did he really just say that?!) and 2. I'm a man! Anyway, is it worth it for the common man? I'd have to go with maybe. At least in this scenario you can factor in love. Why? Well,because both of you mofos are broke and two broke people don't have anything BUT love lol. Now,now...I know every "Joe the plumber" and "Jane the girl who needs her drains snaked" isn't poor, but for the sake of argument, they are in this post. Here's the thing, on the level of the common man, I think marriage still has or can have its original significance. Sadly, America has corrupted it so. Another deterrent is finance. Like it or not, there is a price tag on love and it ain't cheap. In addition to that, you're royally screwed if one party happens to have bad credit. As if all of that weren't enough, the reality is most people(women), at least in my experience, do not want marriage for the love. No. They want it for the legal paperwork behind it. This leads me to believe that contemporary marriage is nothing more than a business deal. Your breach of contract? Infidelity or whatever the bride sees fit, because if the system works for anyone, its white folks and women. The penalty for breach of contract? One angry woman screaming "I want half!".
Oh, and you will be coming up off half because resistance is futile. To be fair, lets take finance(or the lack thereof) out of the picture. Two good credit having lovebirds decide they want to tie the knot. Good idea? Well, that's really up to them. Bless their lil' hearts. I just hope in their moment of bliss, they realize that the statistics are against them. Sure it's nice to live in a fairytale and think that you'll live happily ever after, but the odds are against you. In conclusion, marriage is overrated. Deal with it.
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