One of the largest bridal companies goes bankrupt, lack of customers.

[@kenchorney2724]

When we successfully bankrupt the marriage industry, we will be well on the way to bankrupting the divorce industry, which is truly a noble goal.

[@dpeagles]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@icymarcos5485]

But my marriage is fun

[@matejfele9971]

​@@icymarcos5485 HAS been.

[@annonymous6827]

I guess. But how will we produce children? Lmao have you guys thought this through? Or do you just want passionate revenge? Cuz I got news for y'all: the latter is feminine as hell.

[@morelife7625]

One step at a time

[@T3nch1]

Women: "My body my choice!" Men: "My wallet my choice." The wedding industry: *Abject sobbing and poverty.*

[@iowa_lot_to_travel9471]

Darth Maul: yes. Well played young Padawan. Well played. 😃😄

[@BonBon-fn9dh]

Well said!!!

[@derikuk2967]

Men do not own their wallets. They still pay most of the taxes that governments use to buy the women's vote.

[@backintimealwyn5736]

thanks guy, we're were waiting for you to free that land. It's a good land.

[@Hydra360ci]

Tradiitonally... the Parents of the Bride are supposed to foot the bill.

[@cybermandan1960]

This is only 1% of men's power in saying no. If men truly checked out so many more industries would go bankrupt - OnlyFans being the first.

[@cesarquijano94]

If only they knew they didn't have to pay for porn. The stuff is freely available with only a Google search away for $0

[@cybermandan1960]

@@cesarquijano94They're paying for more than just images. They pay for fake "connection" and conversation with these "models".

[@Ziegfried82]

@@cybermandan1960 it's so sad. Young men are easily manipulated...it's why ancient societies had temple whores, brothels, etc. so that men would never simp.

[@patrckhh20]

Unfortunately, there is still no shortage of simps. In fact, I'd be willing to bet a lot of men aren't getting married because they see porn as a substitute.

[@NerdlySquared]

@@cybermandan1960 Its so dumb

[@dragonman910]

NEVER enter into a contract where one side is paid to break it.

[@Notme-tq4xs]

You might have already done that.

[@leebaronbespokecustomtailo9717]

BINGO! TRUE WORDS! BEST ADVICE!

[@Dragineez774]

I wish I could upvote this 1,000 times.

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

So wise.

[@sole__doubt]

The reality of marriage is really that simple. People love to over complicate issues and marriage as at the top of the heap, but its a contract at the end of the day.

[@indiana_bones5583]

My sister demanded a lavish expensive wedding in a tropical climate with all the friends and family. She didn’t pay a cent. Couple months later, she blamed us for not giving enough money to blm. She is now contemplating divorce as she is now ‘bored’. I’ve seen women being evil first hand. I want nothing to do with marriage.

[@ryanl1293]

A lot of them completely follow the narrative fed to them hook line and sinker. Either she follows your narrative or it won't work, they are not "independent" when acting that way but following the programming telling them to be "independent". True independence is independence of thought and I don't think most are capable. Divergent thinking is a male trait in general.

[@jammin3858]

What does blm have to do with it?

[@xrfa7422]

@@jammin3858 She's a trendy Marxist.

[@indiana_bones5583]

@@jammin3858 her wedding was @ the same time blm was getting many charitable donations. She got mad at us because we didn't donate money to blm when instead we 'donated' it for her lavish, expensive, over-seas wedding - we paid thousands of dollars so all her friends could be there as well. She went to a big liberal big10 university and she has clearly been brainwashed.

[@shanepatrick641]

Yeah what does blm have to do with it??

[@rajakghosh6602]

No wives no draining of bank account. Men goes in debt throwing lavish weddings and goes broke after divorce.

[@ErikDeMann]

Happy man, happy life!

[@crazylegs1823]

The bride's parents are suppose to pay for the wedding... So the only men going in debt for lavish weddings is the bride's father.

[@tiefblau2780]

*Hey* *its* *bussiness* Nothing is enough *I* *LOVE* *MONEY* *TOO* So what you going to marry just to give it to some *Pathetic* *Creatures* *that* *couldnt* *work* *A* *Day* *in* *Life?* Or even have the slightest bit of HUMANITY to *Quote* *HELPOUT* *ENDQUOTE* other then *The* *MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME* *mentality.* *USELESS* *WORTHLESS* *GARBAGE* *INEVERYWAY* *and* *I* *mean* *it!* What *A* *Degree?* *What* *do* *you* *need* *it* *for* *ONLYF?* I got more to say but...

[@jehoshualewis2525]

@Crazy Legs182 this isn't 1860 bro. All men pay for weddings

[@richardclausen154]

That is why women are like tornados. They howl and moan when they cum, and take your house when they leave!

[@ErikDeMann]

I'm so fucking proud of you guys out there! "Imagine if there were a Gender War, and men actually bothered to show up?" Well, we did. We finally did. By walking away.

[@morelife7625]

💯

[@snidecommenter7117]

We are walking away. In larger and larger number.

[@chrishayes5755]

the more society fragments and disconnects to worse it will get. keep cheering on destruction 😂 instead of fixing the issue you want to flip the table.

[@KAMFP]

"luigi wins by doing nothing" meme but it's men XD

[@manifest2203]

This is pure male delusion. Women don’t need men anymore. Next, are you going to say that men are the reason birth rates are so low? LMAO. The easiest thing for any woman is to get married. The world is full of cre*epy older men. The only thing a woman has to be is younger. A 40 yo guy wouldn’t hesitate to marry a 25 yo woman. A 50 yo man wouldn’t when it comes to a 35 yo woman. It is women who have been walking away from marriage and motherhood but without the noise that the Manosphere is making. In countries like Korea and Japan, where women are allegedly the most Feminine (by the standards of the males themselves), women have even less children than the West and their birth rates are lower than the US (and already in US the birth rate isn’t even at replacement rate of population). The Feminists in the US have nothing on them. Did you know in Korea there is a women’s movement called 4 No’s (no to dating, to s3x, no to marriage, no to child bearing and rearing). It is not just a few women who have this policy. Korea has literally the worst birth rate in the world. Even the average age of first mother in US is 30 and in Korea it is 33.5. Japan is only a little above Korea in birth rate. In China (the worlds most populous country) too it is low. Having said this, older males completely switch up and look for hospice care wives. There is no shortage of older males looking for a wife that they can become dependent on. Older women are valued for their homemaking skills, to raise his older kids and even her feminine presence and companionship. That is why even older women like Queen Consort Camilla and even that old lady with Jeff Bezos (both to whom have kids from previous marriages) get the highest value men, even though younger women are available in society who would love what these older women have. Usually older ladies go for younger men for fun/ s3x (younger males have more virility than older men) and older men for LTRs. Older women like Kim K, JLo, Priyanka Chopra, Megan Fox and so on Dong have any problem attracting older men or younger men for marriage or for s3x and fun. Most of the times the dudes are richer than them too (although that isn’t an issue if the woman has resources of her own and is only looking for fun). Most older women don’t get married and lose interest since they have to take on a male dependent who will nag her for s3x (but not always because 40% males have ED at age 40 and it is only downhill from there), his food and his laundry. Why would older women take on these older men in his decline when he wasn’t the one with her in her important years of child bearing and rearing? They won’t. Marriage is simply women given an extra dependent. Women already give care to children, parents, sometimes parents in law and even sick siblings but the dependent who gives the most trouble is the non genetic male in her life. Most males bring nothing hit abuze, assault (mentioned above), drama, STDs, more work, waste of time and resources which will pay off more money if she invested her time elsewhere instead of a male. Most women realise this and get out of marriages as soon as possible. 50% marriages end in divorce and women file 70-80% of the time. Sometimes women file divorces to protect their kids against an abusive father but in some cases women don’t file because of their kids. I believe if not for their kids, even more women will file for divorces. Most males will always disappoint. Most males cannot see a woman as a person and cannot look at her as anything beyond a pretty face and a nice/hot body. And also his mother and maid who he can become dependent on. The male grift is up. Women don’t want marriage. Women are way less interested and find men way less useful (romantically) than men do about women. That is how it is. That is how it will always be. Marriage is sold hard for women and it is the biggest lie. But women have learnt that it is a lie. Men providing and protecting is a lie. It looks good on paper but it is far from reality. Most women are likely to di*e at the hands of the male they are with rather than a stranger. Another, thing is the biggest cause of death of a pregnant woman is mur*der at the hands of the father of her child. It is not even medical complications as one might expect. The providing part is also the same. Most child support payments don’t even cover the day care costs. According to stats, day care costs about $1230 per month and the average child custody payment is $5760 per year. Do you know even how expensive it is to raise kids? Even if a man pays child support and that covers the day care cost, the mother has to work for everything else. Apart from day care cost, kids cost a lot of money for: food, place to live, clothing, school fees, doctor fees and medicine expenses since small kids fall sick often, vaccination expenses, kids beds and bedding, toys and other things and so much more. Remember that women like Kim K receive 200K per month. That makes it seem like women are getting more child support but women aren’t. That is why so many single moms and their child live in po*verty.

[@jcnlaw]

Experienced divorce attorney here. There is often a correlation between the cost of a wedding and the chance of a divorce within a few years. In one case, I saw a couple split up 9 months after a $100,000+ wedding. Focus on becoming the very best version of yourself. Do the things that bring you joy. Marriage is a huge gamble in the western world.

[@dudepool7530]

!?Where's your horn?! I thought unicorns were supposed to have horns Mr. Honest Lawyer lol.

[@rangingaway92]

Gambling implies you have a chance.

[@Daytonaman675]

What state do you practice in?

[@jcnlaw]

@@Daytonaman675 Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

[@Daytonaman675]

@@jcnlaw damn / wish it were oklahoma

[@joeshmoe6930]

I remember when I was a little boy, and I thought marriage was about love, and two people finding something magical in life. Yeah. Ignorance is bliss, so they say.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

Boy were you in for a rude awakening lol

[@lepotdefleur9906]

You can thank Disney for that fantasy and the princess syndrome also.

[@Bellthorian]

That is the LIE women have been selling men for years.

[@andradeb2695]

Only Chad and Tyrone get Unconditional Love

[@kevinwantstoshred]

It used to be for a good number of people. Now, two people finding something magical is far rarer than diamonds

[@anthonywilliams7052]

Marriage is the only contract that pays someone to break it. Never, not worth it!

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

And that someone is *always* the woman

[@MikeS-7]

It is the only contract that is portrayed as a license to men when it is nothing more than a rigged contract backed by the most corrupt court in the US. Oh, and the state is rewarded with matching dollars for extracting money from men to give to the preferred winner.

[@formattmusic1359]

Unless you get a prenup

[@robertnoble7554]

@@formattmusic1359 Though I agree with you, prenup needs to be fair to both parties, so if she is a sahm she will receive something regardless.

[@1968dogg]

Marriage used to happen in front of witnesses---not in court. Uncle Sam has to get his cut.

[@barkeater9606]

We need to also bankrupt the family court system. 👍

[@bigdaddyd7674]

Naw the state burn the system that allowed this

[@SvendleBerries]

Thatll be more difficult since its a part of the government. Just one more shitty thing we are forced to pay for via taxes.

[@anthonyzullo]

One step at a time my friend. One step at a time. As long as we stay on task and goal we will get there soon. But expect that the legislation will start attempting to force men into marriages more since it's the states that are making the bank from child support. We're on our way though, hold the line!

[@stan121midling5]

oh it will go bankrupt, do to no marriages ok hehe

[@chito2701]

Don't worry friend, it's on the way now, just a Matter of time. XD ahahahahahahahha

[@luckyluke4525]

When you are 30, and all your friends are married you think "did I something wrong?". But than you turn 40, and most of them are devorced, paing child support, living in small apartments while I´m sitting in my nice, paid off house. Then I realize I did everything right.

[@imeverywhereandnowhere56]

That will soon be me. I'll be doing so much that they can't lol. And they used to tell me I'm a loser. Who's the loser now cunts? You're all in debt and I'll soon be debt free living the life I want to without being tied down to anyone. Ahh to the victor go the spoils.

[@Jamescraigjohnson]

Oh yeah I feel this one!!! I know so many divorced friends, family members acquaintances etc lots are broke unhappy and their kids are train wrecks.

[@imeverywhereandnowhere56]

@@Jamescraigjohnson All I can think of when I think about such people is who's the loser now lol? Not me that's for sure. In fact I'm a winner because I never gave a fuck about society and how I'm supposed to "fit in". Good luck idiots. You made your bed sleep in it.

[@LeutnantJoker]

Bingo.

[@FischerFan]

It's called getting the last laugh. I've been enjoying it for around 25 years now.

[@daveg4417]

Marriage was my biggest regret in life. I had a house and business. I married a chameleon, she acted nice during dating, but changed on the wedding night, when I confronted her about that her reply was "I acted that way during dating otherwise you wouldn't have married me". I was a fool and tried sticking it out for a few years, but even the marriage counselor told me to divorce her. I lost everything in the divorce and was homeless for a year. It took 15 years to get back on my feet. Now I'm doing great and every married guy friend that I have is miserable with his wife.

[@elizabethgrinningson7730]

Wow

[@1230mkelly]

You should have either called it off or had the marriage nulled and void that very single day when her true nature came to light.

[@kengaroo5170]

They act nice till they don't have to.

[@darbyohara]

Why the fuck didn’t you have a prenup if you had a home and business?!

[@masterkraft4746]

good for you. I married twice and I was lucky enough to avoid having children with both woman

[@chemtrooper]

Baby’s R Us, gone Toys R Us, gone David’s bridal, going All the jewelry retailers are next

[@baldeagle4710]

that's interesting. yeah, baby's r us going out of business is a sign that the number of children being born is plummeting. i would love for jewelry retailers to go out of business. they charge exorbitant prices and take advantage of simps.

[@mrgadget7235]

COMING SOON: Attorneys specializing in divorce changing to focus on nuisance lawsuits.

[@Immortal-sr8gq]

true, I never undertand marriage ring. For the price of 10k, I could have use it for a tesla or car since I really want one.

[@xFersureMatt]

I have no idea how buildabear is surviving somehow..

[@icymarcos5485]

Amazon took over

[@billynewt4831]

These companies have been catering to women for so long they forgot it takes 2 to marry.

[@txlyons2937]

This is an excellent point; you're absolutely right.

[@ayowser01]

Bingo

[@baldeagle4710]

women should start marrying each other and leave us alone

[@ZenPiano1000]

Well put.

[@drunklink350]

​@@baldeagle4710 marry themselves 😂

[@rodrigo100kk]

Bankrupt the marriage industry: half way there. Bankrupting the divorce industry: all way there. 🗿🍷

[@PortugueseMACPOW]

We are winning by doing NOTHING! Give them NOTHING!

[@naps3386]

L.O.M.

[@stephensivek6662]

L.O.M. !

[@demarzbarz5162]

Best comment yet!!!

[@lyoneljean-louis574]

😂😂😂

[@neon_one_neo3317]

Yup, all we gotta do is just walk away

[@grndiesel]

Men need to understand the power of the word, NO. It's not just women who are allowed to say it.

[@M0viLover]

Oh, yeah .. I hear that. One of the reasons why I didn't "put a ring on it" was because of my Latina GF's infantile reaction whenever I said that to her.

[@Bellthorian]

If men were sexually disciplined women would have ZERO power or influence on our society. Without being able to use sex to manipulate men they would be forced to compete with men and will lose 95% of the time.

[@flemutter7211]

Yep we need to build better Boundries. NO builds more empires than yes! We have been in a societal narc abusive relationship and THEY (you know who they are 💅) have been abusing us and destroying our boundries. ENOUGH!

[@jasonscala5834]

👍👍👍

[@J.D.Vision]

🤔😯😳🤯

[@skyraider1656]

My wife made all of the dresses for our wedding in 1967 saving her parents a ton of money. She did the same for our daughter in 2004 saving us a bunch. She was the best thing to ever happened to me, we were married for 42 years when she died.

[@Bennysol]

The angels are going extinct

[@joejones4172]

You were blessed!

[@altimax9091]

Those years.. can't compare what's happening now.... it's a different world

[@bparker111665]

Sorry for your loss.

[@sehtabhossain]

God bless your family

[@Dean-qt5ow]

My wife and I got married in 1994. My wife being smart got our whole wedding done for under$4,000, bridesmaids, big church, big cake, big reception etc. 4 grown kids and we're still happy!

[@lyianx]

I'm glad. I know the women pointed out in these videos isnt 100% of the women in the world, or even the US, but its a minefield out there trying to find those unicorns.

[@NickanM]

Me & my husband went to the courthouse, we had 4 witnesses. WE BOTH decided that a big expensive wedding was stupid and we used our money for a down-payment of our house. Been togheter 34 years now. 😊

[@boston312]

This brings a tear of joy to my eyes. Next on the cutting block will be divorce lawyers. Let the whole institution fall!!!

[@douglasrobertson1330]

Yeah, parasites, they urge the women to make any allegation that will help her case win because the more she gets, the more the lawyer gets! AND she doesn't need proof, evidence nor witnesses!!! Problem is that the police, politicians, main stream media, the "man in the street" believe every accusation, the accusation becomes the conviction, and the guy has no chance. Thats TYRANNY YIPPIE

[@trog.lodyte]

Family court needs to take the room temperature challenge.

[@BJJMTF]

Yes, let’s have fatherless house holds without a committed father and mother! This is a win!

[@dmark2639]

​@@BJJMTF Go your own way, dude. No marriage, no co-habitation, and definitely no kids.

[@spankitout]

I believe the court systems will be forced to change the laws against men. This is HUGE guys, excellent, keep it up !

[@Chicharrera.]

When my husband asked me to marry him I didn't burden him with a huge or expensive wedding, dress nor ring. No, I told him I was happy just getting married at the local registry with only 2 witnesses needed: my mother and his sister. I saved him a fortune. And my mother was a haute couture dressmaker, so I could have had whatever dress design I wanted. I bought a white blouse from Katie's, the black pants and shoes I already owned. My usual hairdresser styled my hair for $50. My sister in law was a photographer who took the photos for free and developed them in the darkroom in her house. The ring I found in a pawn shop that I had re-styled for a small fee. My sister used to be a make-up artist and did my make-up.The celebrant cost $300. Nope. Not me. I like the simple things in life.

[@MaximusRacellius]

Your husband is a blessed man.

[@dlbutler]

"I saved him a fortune." No, both of you saved a fortune.

[@PungiFungi]

It seems the women in your family know the value of a dollar.

[@pedrovargas2181]

Sound like an MVP. Congratulations.

[@anchorsaweigh9893]

You should follow a woman’s channel. Female commentary not needed. Thanks 👍🏽

[@maxmustermann8247]

Bought my dream car last year, fast 2 seater...the first woman to which i showed the car to said "what if you have kids?". My answer was "I'm almost 45 now, do you really think i'm stupid enough to make a child at my age, or even get married?" The look of her was priceless!!! 🤣😂

[@Ziegfried82]

Hell yeah. One thing that I see with married men is they always get a piece of shite SUV, I would never do that. I would absolutely refuse, and it's probably why I'm not married. I don't "compromise". How pathetic and humiliating.

[@M0viLover]

Max: what car? I have a 2004 Mustang SVT (Terminator) Cobra.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

enjoy old age by yourself

[@Bellthorian]

@@Lauren-vd4qe You can without having to deal with over emotional irrational women. Plus there is VR porn with is better than 90% of the women out there.

[@xerxesroms4062]

​@@Lauren-vd4qe Im married and by myself anyway,wife doesn't care about me.She just likes the security.

[@tomkelsey3512]

Remember guys, a wedding is just a funeral with cake !

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

and an open Bar.

[@FatherofFFD]

😂

[@robertoferrari5397]

..if that isn't on a bumper sticker,.. it needs to be.

[@FischerFan]

Years ago, whenever I heard horns honking on a Saturday afternoon, I'd always say, 'Wup, there goes another sucker!'. Once the pandemic hit, I don't think I've heard those Saturday horns even once!

[@DanTheManIOM]

4 weddings & a funeral -- 5 of the same thing. - Al Bundy

[@StreetsidePhotoOnline]

Imagine having a wedding in today's time, where the majority of the guests you invite will be single or divorced already lol.

[@babblingalong7689]

lmao

[@boston312]

I went to one such wedding. My buddy had this lavish wedding that he easily spent over 50k for. Some of his buddies at his wedding were already divorced (one was divorced twice). These guys told me that our buddy getting married was walking on a land mine and would eventually get divorces. Sure enough 2 years later he was divorced.

[@fredericmartin7148]

That is hilarious!!

[@offworlder1]

@@boston312 If they were real friends they would have all been objecting when the “does anyone object part” came up or the whole time been trying to save him from marrying. Now he is another sucker who got divorce graped.

[@coolkiddwightps3-hoopsetc561]

@@boston312 a land mine lmao

[@zimfan101]

Nobody should ever spend more than a few hundred dollars on a wedding. Spending $10s of thousands on a wedding is insane!!

[@ShonnMorris]

Agreed but men and a man's family would do that because there were women back then who had earned that and deserved it. Today's "I don't need a man" women are in no place to expect that and will never get it.

[@blakexi3731]

I could see spending a couple thousand on decent catering and bringing the family together for the occasion. Had family who got married under a big rental tent, and it was a simple but genuinely beautiful event. Not saying you need to have it be as simple as running down to the courthouse, but these women wanting $40,000 are loco.

[@mickethegoblin7167]

​@Shonn Morris noone deserves a wedding that costs tens of thousands unless they are royalty

[@Blue71974]

Well and that’s what really is causing these changes in the marriage industry, people nowadays are realizing that the marriage industry is predatory the same ballroom can charge 10x more for a wedding than for any other function. Not to mention blood diamonds, paying top dollar for a gem that isn’t even worth the price tag. It’s the same companies that are going bankrupt that tried to sell the idea to young people that you show your love through the size of a rock. It’s what’s caused the rise in engagement ring using other stones. Honestly these companies deserve to go bankrupt. For decades they have been overpricing their services, we’re just not falling for it anymore. - This coming from a woman.

[@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692]

How you gonna spend just a few hundred dollars? You have to rent a venue, people need food & drink, some countries have traditions like the grooms etc "kidnap" the bride and take her from bar to bar and the husband has to find her + pay the open tab, etc. It's gonna cost a few thousand at least... but yeah all these mid women expecting a 100k PLUS wedding and an engagement ring that costs tens of thousands are insane. It's all about their image on social media, with friends+colleagues etc for them... I was dating a girl but we broke up for multiple reasons... ultimately she ended up marrying another guy and she had a 150k wedding but she paid for it herself because SHE wanted all that. So I can at least respect that.

[@dankfrank8708]

Never get married, gentlemen. Trust me, I’m currently watching all my friends go through divorce or are miserable with their wives.

[@dawnfire82]

I've been happily married for 18 years... If your friends are miserable, then they need to walk away. Hide assets and divorce.

[@SombreSnakePlissken]

@@dawnfire82 Maybe because 99% of those guys know if it comes to separating they will lose way more as they didn’t protect themselves in the beginning as again 99% of people won’t.. & Even if they do (Prenup) those get tossed out like garbage .. Completely skewed against men & anyone who’s been through can attest to that. & Who the fck is thinking to hide assets etc / is even capable of doing so .. Very few so quite the stupid assessment from you making it out like it’s easy 😅

[@travisadams4470]

@@dawnfire82 I've been happily divorced for 18yrs. Once was enough. Never again.

[@muffs55mercury61]

I'm in my '60s and I saw that happening with my male classmates when they were just 25-30 or after a couple of kids had come along. Those that I still know have struggled ever since and are dogged with health issues (thanks to the stress I'm sure). Me I retired six years ago at 59, debt free, classic truck and couldn't be happier. With two cats, a dog and Ida Mae my cockatoo there's never a dull moment here.

[@ozsteamer2755]

_Never get married, gentlemen. Trust me, I’m currently watching all my friends go through divorce or are miserable with their wives._ *Yep. The ones who are really lonely are the married guys who are too terrified / to ashamed / too broke to afford the Divorce*

[@57ashdot]

Never underestimate the evil shit a bored woman will do

[@burtknighten4438]

They don't have to be bored but yeah boredom is an accelerant for sure

[@idontcare9797]

And justify it to herself

[@danielho5635]

My friend was a wedding photographer back in the day. He told me: "Sell to the woman." "Get half of the money upfront and the other half the day of the wedding." I asked him, "Why can't you just collect the 2nd half of the photo money sometime AFTER the wedding." He replied, "Sometimes a marriage doesn't even last through the honeymoon." He then recounted an instance when that actually happened to his client(s).

[@ColKorn1965]

Two of my childhood friends married each other and it almost ended on the first day of the honeymoon. He wanted kids NOW!To be fair, SHE was right in this case, because he's an idiot. Later in their marriage she knocked him unconscious with a frozen rabbit because of massive idiocy.

[@paddington1670]

@@ColKorn1965 as one does

[@Pollywhop]

Fuck that sound sick 😂

[@drewpeacock6823]

Men should not purchase engagement rings, never full stop! Why is it traditional to spend a fortune, to show your love for her??? What does she do for you, to show her love?? All men, should put money aside during a relationship, that they keep secret, so if things go wrong, they will have a nest egg, to fall back on. Never trust anyone that hides behind a mask.

[@aikighost]

@@ColKorn1965 "she knocked him unconscious with a frozen rabbit" that sounds like it should be in an action movie, maybe "nobody 2" 🤣

[@anthonywilliams7052]

We are all sick of hearing "pay for me". Pay for yourself, FOREVER, just like we do.

[@olyviermonteau4300]

though the fact it took this long for that is cincerning

[@ApollosLight]

Eventually "pay for me," will turn into "pray for me,".

[@CopiousAmountsOfDerp]

@@olyviermonteau4300 Concerning but not surprising lol

[@CopiousAmountsOfDerp]

@@ApollosLight Nah stupid people even in their final moments still probably won't figure it out

[@joeshmoe6930]

@@olyviermonteau4300 Not really. It used to be that way for a reason. Now it isn't.

[@recmtnbiker4368]

The state lawmakers bankrupted the bridal shops by passing these unjust laws.

[@GibDozer1]

It's not even that the laws are unjust. It's a completely predatory system. There's no jury in family court, just a judge and lawyers. All people who have a vested interest in your suffering...

[@rejectionistmanifesto8836]

Joker needs to stop spreading the propaganda that people in marriages or relationships are healthier and happier. It maybe for the women as they benefit 95% to 5% benefit for the man.

[@fighterpimp]

@@GibDozer1 The current marriage laws actually violate the US amendments. But the corruption is so bad. That no one takes the case, because it supports men if they did and this country can't support men at all.

[@Kova-ow2en]

@@GibDozer1 AKA greedy psychopaths

[@jobe8764]

The laws passed by attorneys were intended to enrich divorce attorneys.

[@alexh2717]

fun fact: In Germany, if a couple breaks up after an engagement, the woman must return the engagement ring. There was even a court verdict in a case. So might be worth to fight for that ring.

[@helloweener2007]

" the woman must return the engagement ring." No, the BGB says only that every of the engaged can claim the gifts back. So the woman must not give it back by default. The man or women (in a same sex engagment) can claim it back and then the ex-partner has to return it. It is §1301 BGB if you want to look it up.

[@donaldoehl7690]

My late (Thank you Jesus! ) SIL was found to be in possession of 9, YES, 9! Sets of wedding rings. WTAF?

[@Zodliness]

My son's girlfriend proposed to him a couple of months into their relationship, she of course insisted on him getting her an engagement ring, only to throw it back in his face, when it wasn't the £2500 ring she had set her heart on. He quickly learned his lesson about women and their 'financial need' for marriage.

[@JohnDoe-xk1dv]

Two months in??!!! Wow, I'm guessing she was near hitting the Wall? Or else grew up in a dysfunctional family environment when young - that's screwed up either way.

[@apersonontheinternet8006]

Or she was young and saw a well to do young man and figured she could “retire” in her 20’s. I’ve seen it.

[@therealmr.incredible3179]

Teach your Son and Guide him Next time, Brother.

[@elduderino1635]

Your son clearly dodged a bullet! Good for him, although it must have felt crushing to him, then. I hope he's well now!

[@davids11131113]

2,500…..hell I heard a story about one of my sisters friends who broke up with her boyfriend because he would not get her a $15,000 engagement ring….ENGAGEMENT! So what would the wedding ring have to cost 2 million?? Just ridiculous!

[@TheGalilee416]

As a divorcee of a 20 year marriage, DO NOT MARRY!!!!

[@DaOldSchoolRapLova96]

2 decades? I heard 3. I’m 26 & I’m not in it

[@kylemendoza8860]

If you don't mind me asking. What happened? 20 years sounds like a long marriage.

[@rajakghosh6602]

Marriage for men is a fools paradise. But if you do consider take a page out of Achraf Hakimi Rule. The PSG - Moroccan footballer's wife wanted more than 50% assets in divorce only to find out he has nothing under his name and have transferred all his assets are under mothers name. She lost the court case and got nothing. But that's not all. Since now she's richer than him he's now entitled to half of her assets. She has to pay him. All the feminist clamouring Equality will get flustered when it's the women's time to pay. Hakimi is the Goat.

[@Ibnu_Robin]

wise mom right there, she knew that his son would be "used" only by her ex wife now. smart women, smart mom. W mom

[@icymarcos5485]

Smart. I’m going to do that myself

[@hk-4714]

Commentary: You're still putting yourself at the mercy of someone else. It would have been easier for him to just not get married in the first place. What if his mother decided to just run off with all the money and blow it all if he pissed her off somehow? What if she just gave it all away to charity? She *owns* it because he *handed it over to her.* This man should not be uplifted as an example. This is a technicality, a loophole, which is sure to be closed soon enough somehow I'm sure. Did his mother put in the work to build his career and do all the training and develop his natural skills? I'm sure she supported him, and any man worth his salt when he's successful should treat his mother well. Handing over *his entire wealth* is another matter entirely. She didn't do the work, and he's trying to game the system. It might work out for him, but all this is going to lead to is even further draconian measures when men try to do things like this. Men instead need to say NO, and stop offering protection and provision without proper behavior and loyalty in recompense. If the government doesn't want to care about men...that's fine. Men don't need to work hard and pay lots in taxes, or step up and fight to defend the country, or financially support these politicians. If women don't want to be a cooperative and useful partner, that's fine. They can do their own thing, and men should feel *no obligation* to offer _traditional benefits_ to _non-traditional women._ It's so much easier to just say NO. It's more effective too. Starve the beast until it either submits or dies. You don't need to care, especially when it's *abundantly clear* that females and the government actually don't care about you and only want to coercively extract what you have for their own gain.

[@dwtsd69]

His mom set that up 😂

[@andradeb2695]

His Mother Knows how these Females operate

[@kelvinmunene1034]

The worst thing that can happen in a child's upbringing is being raised by a single mother

[@ngugi7279]

Hau waria ta athuri itano

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

Could be worse, could be raised by a lesbian couple 🤪

[@indiana_bones5583]

@@SvengelskaBlondie or a trans couple.

[@Rkenton48]

Like single moms care...

[@DOOR.DASH.TYRONE]

Going to turn 30 next year and I would say 95% of women I know from my graduating class in high school aren't married. I still remember how a lot of them used to walk around the halls like their shit didn't smell. You reap what you sow.

[@BrizAU]

In the US, 50% of 30 year old women don't have kids yet

[@brianwaller7383]

The other 5% will inevitably file for divorce

[@Sarkhan69]

their*

[@codydavis1698]

feels good bro

[@DOOR.DASH.TYRONE]

@@Sarkhan69 my bad thanks

[@redpilledbachelor7776]

Gov be like - get marriied more, y'all. Men be like - make better family law, y'all.

[@cubingspeed6933]

*[Family* Law doesn't exist! Judges interpret STATUTES (guidelines) at their own discretion! There's so much subterfuge there, it's not even funny!🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😑]

[@Mister-Six]

Changing the laws will never change female nature.

[@drunklink350]

​@@cubingspeed6933 And the feds could make at fault a hard line. There are plenty of laws that could be put on the books that have no room for interpretation

[@xenomorpheus7376]

@@lmmn3164 I like your sense of humor. Authorities do not give what they haven't first taken away. Authorities need taxes. Authorities are voted on by women since women are the largest block of voters. The day a voter groups votes for laws which do not put them in a favorable position, Satan will be skating to work. Let us not forget, man has dominated man to his injury all in the name of woman.

[@bustavonnutz]

@@cubingspeed6933 And think of after how many thousands of cases which precedent can be used. It's honestly not worth the risk unless you sign all your assets over to your mother.

[@Jz-sv1ju]

The rule is if you are ever ghosted by a woman and years later she sends an email or reaches out on social media expressing regret for her actions of how she did you wrong, you absolutely never respond. If she didn't respect your time then she definitely doesn't deserve it now.

[@MrWackozacko]

Use her for a pump and dump and then ghost her. That is satisfaction

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

I just use them for sex. So yeah a headache from time to time, but I got a house and a dog and unattached sex with 40 year old asians.

[@LoveOfLam]

Pipe and ghost

[@FC-xc3zy]

You are far worse for expecting that. . It will never happen.

[@MDE_never_dies]

@@LoveOfLam This

[@drincogni]

Congrats fellow Men ,we are winning

[@harbl99]

I've worked in the wedding industry. It's an oestrogen-soaked, irrational scam from beginning to end: selling the sizzle. I've seen bridezillas throw a fit at their husband-to-be again and again just because one element that they _need_ for their fairytale fantasy day to be perfect was unavailable or slightly different from their intent. Poor guy (and poor father of the bride who's probably paying for it all) stood there with big question marks over their heads as princess shrieks and melts down over Pantone shades. "Those artificial flowers are periwinkle, not lavender. They'll clash with the bridesmaids' dresses and RUIN EVERYTHING!!!" Those last-minute time crunch changes don't come cheap, and the girls seem to think it's a point of pride to blow through their budget ("I'm worth it").

[@masterkraft4746]

😂😂😂😂

[@marcusanark2541]

Now that's a industry I would never work.

[@boston312]

What a quagmire the whole event is. Whats crazy is if you applied this logic (spending thousands of dollars on a declining asset with a 50% failure rate) to any other purchase in life people would say your crazy

[@spikehughes1334]

It's mind-boggling that bridezillas think it's "their" day and the poor sodding groom is just an accessory, like her bouquet.

[@chickencurry420]

Anybody that says "I'm worth it" is absolutely not worth it. Anybody, guy or girl, that genuinely believes they're worth tens of thousands of dollars, usually aren't worth more than ten dollars and an expired Jack in the Box coupon.

[@EDMDoc]

I've see too many fools blow what would add up to a down payment on a home on a wedding only to end up divorced.

[@onthepath501]

Me too bro !!!

[@johnnyappleseed5590]

They’re stupid.

[@-Tokay-]

That's their own fault for making retarded life choices like that.

[@pietrayday9915]

One of those few times where they can say something like "Luxury Bridal companies are going broke. Stunning and brave women most affected!", and it'll actually be true: marriage, like Valentines' Day, is one of those rare traditional institutions that really are designed to absolutely waste money in spoiling women for no particularly good reason. "Spend thousands of dollars on a cake! Spend thousands of dollars on colour-coordinated dresses! Spend thousands on a honeymoon! Spend thousands on diamonds and golden rings! Spend tens of thousands on new matching cars with bows on top! Spend hundreds on chocolates and candies! Spend thousands and thousands on divorce fees! Spend thousands to fix the STD she gave you sleeping with her boss or your best friend or the pool boy or anything that moves! Spend thousands moving out! Spend thousands to fix your car after she keys it! Spend thousands and thousands on child support for the pool-boy's kids!" This is as much as anything, though, a sign of the times as middle-class, working-class, and poor families are forced to tighten their belts in a post-COVID world where life savings have been wiped out, small businesses wrecked, jobs lost, benefits run out, and so on: those lavish bridal monstrosities costing all that money were a showy luxury that nobody ever had the money to waste on even in the '90s, '00s, and '10s, but still did it anyway. As America comes to terms with a new era of austerity and depression, though, those bridal companies are going to fall on REALLY hard times, and will be resented in ways that few other businesses ever were!

[@claytonbouldin9381]

I worked with someone who got married and took out loans for the wedding and were divorced before they paid the loans off. A total waste of money.

[@cizzymac]

Get rid of no-fault divorce and the anti-male child support laws and men will come back. Until then, invest in cat food and boxed wine, fellas.

[@kennethboyer2338]

Don't forget the kitty litter.....

[@glenerickson358]

Most importantly, pharmaceutical companies that make antidepressants. 🤣🤣🤣

[@thespadestable]

@Cizzymac - Idiot, I guess you don't realize that No-Fault divorces benefit men also. Get ride of them, and the men who desire to end the marriage are stuck having to go through the longer and more expensive route when there are no children and no assets owned by the couple. Stick to playing video games, because you're not ready for the real world.

[@SeattlePioneer]

You think things are going to get BETTER? Dream on. Feminists are already devising ways of extracting money from men even without marriage.

[@moisesledesma7492]

And don't forget the government/system making decisions on family matters

[@ewanfraser]

Every dollar spent on the wedding isn’t available for the house down payment

[@joeldoxtator9804]

At 38 I honestly don't even care for anything sexual anymore. I spend all my time learning new skills, working on projects and I'm happier than I ever was when I was a slave to my sexual desires.

[@Government-is-slavery]

Respect 👏

[@adamrocks19]

God bless you good sir!

[@wrongthinker843]

The best solution to a random boner is trying to imagine courting a woman.

[@willymakeit5172]

Wish I had reached that point 40 or 50 years ago.

[@henryjoshual1848]

when you die alone, you'll look back and think differently...

[@jimburg621]

Gotta be hurting the jewelry industry too. Diamond are for drill bits and saws!

[@AvyScottandFlower]

Diamonds are forever ..In the manufacturing industry.

[@geraldfrost4710]

Diamonds are forever. Relationships, not so much.

[@tonydiesel3444]

Fux n right

[@mr.anderson4755]

As it should be.

[@NautilusSSN571]

Diamonds are a scam and way overpriced too. Unlike actual rare gems like ruby or emerald diamonds are cheap and easy to manufacture and then sold at an inflated price.

[@JohnHandle-]

Lol, all the 'wedding planners' that are just divorced women trying to live vicariously off other womens happiness. Hats off to you guys. Couldn't do it without ya!

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Now they're gonna be forced to get pets, and dying alone.

[@ozsteamer2755]

_Hats off to you guys. Couldn't do it without ya!_ *You - and every other male - is very welcome*

[@ozsteamer2755]

@@DinnerForkTongue _Now they're gonna be forced to get pets,_ *Cats. Lots and lots of cats. They'll keep her company. Along with the boxed whine*

[@Angrybogan]

Worse brother: Divorced women have become DIVORCE COACHES - women who will hepl you with getting a divorce. Just how do you think you'd grow this business?

[@ozsteamer2755]

@@Angrybogan _Divorced women have become DIVORCE COACHES - women who will hepl you with getting a divorce. Just how do you think you'd grow this business?_ *Good! They are helping tear down the very system that has oppressed men for centuries. I'm cheering them on*

[@--Sama-]

My uncle got divorced just before holy week. He was married for 16 years, had an awesome chalet with many dogs, an orchard and a pool. He bought everything with his own money, working hard for decades and now lives in an apartment while she owns now his house and daughter. He married in his 40s, he was desperate to form a family and made the mistake of marrying a 20-year-old gold digger. It is so sad to end this way so I learned the lesson: I'm never going to marry. I will live for my hobbies, friends and family. This society is hostile towards men, the laws are not about equality and every content from western media is full of agendas portraying us in a negative way.

[@CobraR1993]

Same happened to my friend. He did and bought everything for his wife. 2 vacations a year, kids in private school, custom home and owned 2 rental properties. Found out his wife that he courted over 7 years was cheating with her old high school boyfriend. They were meeting up in motels all while she would deny him sex at home. He lost everything. The courts forced him to sell everything and she got awarded almost 2k a month in child support. He's living in a apartment now at 53 alone and his kids in another state because his x wife moved away to be with her HS boyfriend.

[@thispersonrighthere9024]

i don't feel sorry for him. that's what happens when you follow lust.

[@15xgg80]

Getting married oversees in Southeast Asia and having a family there is the answer. Don’t bring her to the west.

[@kingyosh3183]

​@@thispersonrighthere9024 no man. Men needs home amd comfort. You cant just associate that with lust alone.

[@thispersonrighthere9024]

@@kingyosh3183 he wanted that young body, she wanted that old money.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

I will Laugh when divorce lawyers start going bankrupt LOL

[@arthurtavares4462]

I can’t wait to that happen

[@ravenloh6677]

Just like Budlight, boycott the Wedding and Divorce industry. I'm laughing so hard as the dating coaches and therapists are desperate to fix the dating market with the phrase: "Don't be so hard on your wife! She didn't mean to hurt you!"

[@GenericUserName443]

The fundamental problem as I see it is that so many women are simply too fickle and disloyal. Any partnership is built upon trust and respect, makes sense to be skeptical towards a party that has shown themselves to be overwhelmingly unreliable in general. Combine this with hypergamy where most men don’t even get that many dates, and it becomes practically impossible to find a good one from the trash.

[@kingofnothing1433]

If this is what happens to men when the wife didn't mean it. I don't even want to hear about what happens when she does mean it.

[@jebes909090]

Imagine when all the dating coaches go bankrupt because men stop dating

[@Lonovavir]

The proper retort should be then fix the legal system. When one side is rewarded for ending marriages you can't save it.

[@jaredfinley4986]

@RealPeterAndrewNolan are you joking

[@kevinwantstoshred]

There's a direct correlation with the price of a wedding and the likelihood of divorce. If she's more obsessed with the wedding than she is with you, dump her asap

[@neelrastardust3052]

Agree!

[@andrewadami3920]

Source?

[@kevinwantstoshred]

@@andrewadami3920 "What makes for a stable marriage?" By Dr. Randal S. Olson.

[@jessicah3782]

I proposed to my husband one day (that we should get married), and we did a courthouse wedding. He got his tux from Macy's (maybe around $100) & I got my white dress from some online store for less than $100. We even reused a ring my husband gifted me several years ago, which makes it so sentimental for us. Our wedding fees were less than $100. A friend helped doll me up at home. Another friend offered to take professional pics of the event. We had dinner after. The overall cost of marriage must have cost less than $400, and we couldn't be happier. Super low stress & no regrets about how we went about it. The highlight of this day, besides the marriage, was my husband's speech during the vows part & the people who joined in to help make the day even more special. TLDR Love shouldn't bankrupt a couple, nor can money buy love. I feel like a lot of people, women especially, miss out on true love because they focus too much on what the other person offers financially instead of thinking about all the other things that can make a relationship so great and valuable.

[@maz155.8]

My biggest fear ever: “ I don’t love you anymore. I want someone else.”

[@mark9294]

Yep. Cue divorce and 50 percent forever

[@Sevensliders]

"I'm not happy!" - CGA

[@anthonywilliams7052]

It's never only 50%! It's the house, car, savings, retirement, and social security, all almost everything paid for by the man then you have to keep paying FOREVER after being made homeless and having the kids turned against you! Not worth it.

[@ramship59]

yes, but its very liberating, been free again is good!!

[@andradeb2695]

Or worse! She will cheat on you behind your back and put on a facade

[@SirYeetus]

They always forget that men are the gatekeepers of relationships. 🤷🏽‍♂️💊

[@phenomenal-xv4ey]

We forget as well, we let women and other men pressure us into getting married. The only way we are going to get back to some semblance of fairness is being selfish and putting yourself first. Women always put themselves first, that is why they talk about their feelings and emotions. And don't fall for the love argument....women never bring up love when they break up with you.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

And get reminded the HARD way.

[@Cyber-Rain]

Close the gates and weld it shut.

[@MikeS-7]

They haven't forgotten. The ladies just overlooked cohabitate= marriage laws. Canadian and Australian women nailed this one down.

[@sivan3125]

That's why they tried to start the PRACTICE of Women PROPOSING that MOST Men REJECTED.

[@CrimsonCapsule]

Divorced before. Married current wife at the local judges office. Cost me whatever the license cost and a small $20 "gratuity" to the judge. Went across the street to the local bar and had 2 drinks with new wife. Entire wedding cost less than $100. We're still married 12 years later. Our families were actually pissed at us that we didnt have a "wedding". We stopped talking to all of them. We're happy; no family drama holidays, bickering, back biting etc. She cooks cleans and is what a good wife should be. I treat her like the wonderful woman she is, while still being the man of the house. Never been happier, except for this shit show of society we have to deal with on the daily.

[@lawrencefox563]

You'll be married for eternity 😉

[@elgatosiesta]

Yeah, my girlfriend and I talked about having the same wedding🤙

[@starswish1392]

I know it wasn't easy but the two of you are lucky to have found eachother

[@Tony_Kaku]

This is my dream wedding! The money saved will go towards traveling the world and down payment on a house 😎

[@marklalli6038]

Your a lucky man!

[@liberalmadness7248]

I’m 45 and have NEVER been married and NEVER will be! I’m extremely happy while all of my married friends are miserable.

[@citrusielo]

42, same story, never married

[@lyianx]

simialr age, same situation. He'll ive barely even dated. I'd love to have a partner, but the risk is just too damned high.

[@brentmckenzie2793]

53 here checking in. House paid for, new vehicle every 3 yrs. All is good

[@NuclearFridge1]

I'd say more miserable and terrified. I spoke to an old friend last week and he kept looking at his phone, sweating. Turned out his "angel wife" sent him to get groceries and she was timing him in case he was cheating. 💩 Plus he didn't have money. She had total control of the finances. But hey. He was happy. He looked 20 years older than me and he couldn't smile. So ... Nope. Not for me. 😒

[@Pet-rf6rh]

63, never married and going strong

[@davec3487]

I went to David's Bridal and bough a beautiful dress for my then fiancé. My wife divorced me and I am still paying $2,000/month in child support eight years later.

[@icymarcos5485]

Ouch sorry to hear that. What was the reason for divorce?

[@DucatiDoyle]

I hope you recover & become the best version of you! Head up Brother

[@mrbbkk]

I would get fired or quit my job and pay zero Babysit or mow lawns for cash to eat

[@GeraldM_inNC]

They marry men in order to divorce grape men. The divorce is already planned before the wedding.

[@travisadams4470]

Divorce will set a man back 10 to 15yrs financially. Once the child support is finished, he'll start making more and saving more money. But it's a long, hard road.

[@mrstealyoblocks4473]

GOOD. You want to put the laws against us? We walk away. Stay strong gents.

[@tolloromassi99]

PS5 is infinitely more fun and fulfilling than engaging with any modern woman.

[@heroldjaras9909]

hold the line guys! as long as the marriage divorce laws dont change, dont get married! never ever !

[@latt.qcd9221]

Far more would need to change than just divorce laws.

[@nexusdrop7863]

Why would men come back? There would have to be amazing REWARDS for men that are irrevocable before people think about changing.

[@cubingspeed6933]

[Old head judges interpret "law" at their own discretion! One chick can be found guilty for serial mnrder by a jury of her peers but serve not a day in pr¡son! Old Guards need replacement by those that are either gender-neutral or enact same sentences on fefails as m•ales! After a decade where gov't hasn't flip-flopped and recanted their laws to give Fems what they want, *AGAIN!* Then, I mite consider risking my person for p-sleeve in future!🏃🏻‍♂️💨🦄]

[@MyMy-tv7fd]

right on brother

[@anthonywilliams7052]

Marriage is the only contract that pays someone to break it. It pays them to divorce and be disloyal, and no, prenups don't work. NEVER!

[@rolsonDotcom]

Every time I see a wedding party while out driving and they’re taking wedding pictures I just wonder to my self “How long will this one last?”

[@brentmckenzie2793]

I 100% do the same

[@Who56211]

This country has gone to hell. And I can’t stop laughing

[@AlahuSnackbar]

its an endless stream of comedy

[@Momonga32]

All of western society along with it

[@arthurtavares4462]

Progressive agenda nailed very bad. It’s sad

[@andradeb2695]

Well deserved

[@wrongthinker843]

@@Momonga32 Should have conserved traditional values while they were around.

[@chuckymurlo5654]

When my ex asked for a divorce 11 years ago after 22yrs of bliss, I almost hugged her! I hired the best family lawyer money could buy. She went cheap with her attorney. It didn't go so well from her point of view. So now I don't consider myself a divorced man anymore. I'm a bachelor " living the dream".

[@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]

You got super lucky. Often the judge makes the husband pay for the wife's lawyer too.

[@henryjoshual1848]

Yeah, some "dream." Coming home to an empty aptmt watching Netflix while eating microwave Hot Pockets....

[@thewholeeventhorizon]

​@Henry Joshual not everyone lives like you lol

[@Danjirus]

@@henryjoshual1848 Beats coming home to a bitter, aggressive smart mouthed wife who is nice to everyone except you. You have no idea of the average state of married men. He won by subtraction.

[@drivventodrumm1]

@@henryjoshual1848maybe a loser like you but most of us have friends and a purpose. Snivel somewhere else

[@GentlRebel]

I’m an introvert and do not like being the center of attention and I also do not like to waste money. My husband and I got married at the county courthouse. The cost was $130. I couldn’t be happier. Expensive weddings are cringe IMO

[@manager4409]

Most women want a big elaborate wedding. I can't stand people looking at me either, no part of me wants a wedding

[@ltsquirtle551]

Me and my fiance are planning on going the courthouse route too. Mostly so we can spend more on the honeymoon though. We really don't need a party for everyone elses sake, we want our own party.

[@NiteRacer]

@@ltsquirtle551 a wise decision

[@ltsquirtle551]

@@NiteRacer love the name dude.👍

[@penguinvic9892]

Good for you Lisa. I got married literally in the middle of the jungle, overseas. In one hit, I managed to be rid of numerous relatives I wouldn’t want at my wedding anyway.

[@MissMonday-nn9qe]

I saw someone once say to only sign a marriage contract if there's also a divorce contract signed at the same time. I think that's brilliant. "Modern problems require modern solutions."

[@baldeagle4710]

My parents paid like 30K for my sister's wedding. And for what? She ended up divorced 6 years later (her husband filed cause she was too toxic). The whole wedding industry is just a scam and they jack up prices to take advantage of people's desperation to "fit in" and have a big wedding. “An increasing number of brides are opting for less traditional wedding attire, including thrift wedding dresses,” David’s Bridal said in a bankruptcy filing. “These shifting consumer preferences have significantly exacerbated” the company’s financial crunch.

[@notorious.nip.888]

Just get married in ur backyard

[@Agent.Wadsworth]

Should've just bought a new car

[@MephiticMiasma]

@@notorious.nip.888 we had a friend whose father had a farm in Kansas... when she got married, he grew 40 acres of sunflowers that year so they could have it as their wedding backdrop.

[@Government-is-slavery]

I agree with you 👍

[@pietrayday9915]

Getting married in your own backyard with a dress that was handed down to her mother from her grandmother and the groom's Sunday best used to be a norm in America. No reason it couldn't happen again, unless Americans themselves are so broken now that they can't find frugal and affordable ways to sacrifice a big part of their lives to do the best thing together for their children, rather than just stage lavish spectacles and luxury status symbols for insincere social media likes....

[@DruuzilTechGames]

Women wrote me off decades ago. I'm doing my part by default.

[@johnnyappleseed5590]

You’re not missing much especially with these modern ghoulish women. They are demonic bro.

[@GeraldM_inNC]

They're all sharing Chad, Tyrone and Enrique.

[@JCascade6065]

Honestly, he dodged a bullet. Anybody willing to drop a relationship just like that would've done it down the road without fail. But her keeping the ring actually infuriated me.

[@ramship59]

yes, thats why the ring has to be cheap,

[@HARwinsOUTagain]

Her keeping the ring makes me want to kick a wall. Him telling her to keep the ring makes me want to kick him in the head.

[@jwarrior9986]

What she did with that ring...may every relationship she ever has going forward be cursed until that ring is returned.

[@donaldoehl7690]

My late (Thankfully) SIL died with 9 sets of wedding rings! What a worn out mattress...

[@jegr3398]

Unbelievable!

[@jerry2968]

She will sell that ring and go on a trip to Belize and enjoy her time watching Dexter St Jock plow her fields.

[@skyking6989]

I see this as an absolute win fellas

[@M0viLover]

You go, Hulk!

[@drn8383fuse]

I'm 38. I always thought I would get married and have kids. Then I started dating. That dream has all but become nonexistent for me. It's unfortunate but it's my reality.

[@justaprogrammer3764]

I feel you brother, 31 and marrying in this day and age is complete stupidity

[@richardmartyn7865]

In Australia it makes no difference if you are married..just cohabitating with a women gives her half your stuff after 2 years

[@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]

That is so effed up and evil I can't even believe this world. Just incredible that something so greedy and wrong can even exist like that.

[@GeraldM_inNC]

My brother was divorce graped twice by the same woman, despite the fact that they were never married. In a red states too.

[@henryjoshual1848]

I read about that. very true

[@spencerwinston4334]

How did the Marxist Karen's take over the majestic lands of Australia? Your rugged forefathers would be aghast. These Karen types are worldwide it seems.

[@tttray4258]

Glad I don't live there

[@mpa8336]

It's true- the wedding suppliers in my area are shutting down.

[@levisguy53]

hallelujah, praise jesus!

[@scott.M.060]

while I'm not happy about people losing jobs, I'll still have to say, good riddance to that bridal gown chain.

[@Shadow-7773]

Have you thought about all of the men who lost their jobs, because of wokeism? Look at the news, most are women, and move on to every other field. NO men! even commercials are 90 % women. It's not just people. IT's MEN"

[@WyattEmge]

Spent $100 on my wife's ring and had our wedding in my grandparents backyard. Loved every minute of it. No need to spend crazy money on a wedding.

[@henryjoshual1848]

whoa. $100 ring. BIG SPENDER !!!

[@michaelsix9684]

very often low key weddings produce long lasting marriages

[@muffs55mercury61]

Yep, big weddings are a show for others and usually paid from the man's dime.

[@kavelenko6501]

Got married at a registry office, no witness so had to con a civil servant to do it, all over in 20 minutes, to celebrate we went for a coffee! Haha! She's still with me after 40 years, keep em keen fellas

[@BalboaBaggins]

Never get married. You've been fooled.

[@steelmongoose4956]

This society deserves everything it’s getting.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

You always reap what you sow.

[@imtheitchyouneedtoscratch]

Very true 👍 👌 👏

[@mirceazaharia2094]

It needs a deep, abiding traumatic lesson to learn that you can't f*ck with traditional gender norms, and that unchained female sexuality ruins everything.

[@TheBb6prelude]

I'll be here to see it all go down the drain. Have a big fat smile on my face the entire time"I never smile under no circumstances".

[@backintimealwyn5736]

sure you're going extinct ,most efficient genocide ever. 😜

[@AndrewSmith-fv1kr]

Id never waste money on diamonds, or other jewlery. Massive waste of money.

[@michaelshaffer9051]

My ex had a wedding planning business it failed because of the work we have done as men in this country to say no to the wedding and marriage...!!!!

[@belm7448]

I won't get married because no woman can meet my extremely high standards. My standards: Don't lie to me and don't make a fool of me....... THAT'S IT. NO WOMAN I've ever dated could meet those "impossible" standards. 🙄🙄🙄

[@sethpawlik]

And weigh somewhere south of 250 lbs.🤣

[@icymarcos5485]

You should date a Christian girl?

[@Sarkhan69]

@@icymarcos5485 why? what makes christians better than non christians? what if the guy isn't a christian? christians are just as bad as anyone else. your sky wizard isn't real.

[@abraham007r]

Mine are higher than yours. 1. Low body count 2. Never had sex without a condom 3. Less than 140lbs As someone who is 6'5, a full head of hair, phenomenal shape, I'm in the top 7% of men in the US that are over 30 with a full head of hair, and well over 6ft lol

[@mengoinggodsway9024]

@@icymarcos5485 Dating a Christian girl is good, I've been dating one for just about three years. I'll give her another year or two before marriage, but Christian girls are the best, with the caveat they have to be genuine in her faith. I trust mine because I've known her since high school, and she wasn't popular, and hadn't dated or done anything saved for marriage with anyone other than me. I understand those women are exceedingly rare. A good woman is a gift from the Lord, and all we can do is pray. For other men, you have to vet 'Christian' girls for a variety of reasons. First, generally, a theological checkup is good to do. If she doesn't understand the faith, you have to teach her it, and she might only be culturally Christian, which means she could only be repressing bad behaviour instead of actively transforming her character to mirror God's character. If she belongs to a bad denomination (ie the United Church), she has a bad view on doctrine, and several of those churches support divorce, impurity, and other such ills. If she is Christian simply to be social or cover guilt for her past without a genuine faith and commitment to the Word, be exceedingly cautious. Also, you must be a strong man. A complementarian view, the biblical view, requires a man to be a strong leader and the head of his house. He submits to Christ, his wife submits to Him and Christ, the children to the parents and Christ. As men, we are called to a higher standard in the sense we teach and guide, be the man who you would want to lead your children. As me questions (generally, not just you, Icy) if you have any. I'm far from an expert, but I know my Bible fairly well.

[@TheTSense]

Marriage Industry: If you don't spend 17 million and go into debt for a crazy marriage ceremony, you are not loving your wife Man: I rather keep the money and save my family from money problems. My family includes my Wife btw Marriage Industry: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME!?

[@kurtsalm2155]

The wedding industry reminds me of the funeral industry. If you don't buy the most luxurious casket, you are guilty of burying Grandma in a coffee can.

[@frustationoverloaded5976]

how could u include ur wife aka ur the satanic spirit to be part of ur family

[@electrictroy2010]

STATE LAW requires the ring be returned. It’s legally a “conditional gift” with the condition being a wedding. If the wedding doesn’t happen, then the gift is nullified, and must be returned to the man .

[@nerdock4747]

Imagine being unironically predatory by charging astronomically more for a wedding because it's on Saturday and then thinking you're doing people a favor.

[@kaunas888]

Another huge scam is the diamond wedding ring. Here in Spain wedding rings are gold bands without a diamond. DeBeers really did a number on US women.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

Men really do drive everything. Without us, society crumbles 😂

[@jwarrior9986]

@Boo Milly Chicago? Seriously we have already seen the lord of the flies in the last 72 hours.

[@TorontoLibertarian]

It's going to be a hilarious watching society try to shut the barn door after the horses have bolted.

[@AlahuSnackbar]

It will inevitably be the collective fault of toxic masculinity, once again.

[@pietrayday9915]

I think their safety-net plan will be to rely on alphabet-people marriages - they're REALLY REALLY wound up on that sort of thing. I've a feeling there probably is money in trying to sell rainbow-coloured eyesores to 2SLGBTQIA++MAP customers so they can play house between pride parades, but probably not enough to save the luxury bridal industry. Still, it would be pretty damned hilarious if men were to find a way to hijack the bridal industry, dedicate the whole thing to squeezing every last dime out of dudes in dresses and googly-eyed purple-haired angry lesbians to sell them ridiculous rainbow-flavored nonsense that nobody needs, but everyone wants if they expect to get enough likes on their Twitter and TIkTok pages. You can start by inventing a bunch of new holidays for married alphabet people to exchange diamond and gold jewelry on, over and over and over, like 3/4 anniversary debutante marriage dances, and World Lesbian diamond-studded-sex-toy month (not to be confused with World Gay diamond-studded sex-toy month or World Bisexual diamond-studded-sex-toy months, which are in totally different seasons!) You can make up holidays with ridiculous-sounding fake ethnic names and invent imaginary backstories about how those are the traditional days in tribal cultures where all the stunning and brave transvestites come out of the closet at once to engage in community beauty pageants to show off who can afford the most expensive dresses, and the losers get to have a week of parades wearing a new dress every day that they can only wear once. You could have different holidays throughout the year that require participants to dress up in matching bondage gear inspired by Star Wars, Marvel superheroes, Harry Potter, those damned clowns from IT, Scooby Doo, LEGOs, My Little Ponies, and whatever else it is that keeps these dingalings shoveling out endless amounts of money. And that's just a couple ideas I can think of off the top of my head... none of them any stupider than the endless holidays we've already got to celebrate all this rainbow balderdash, and no stupider than all the expensive proms, engagements, dances, weddings, gift-giving days, and all the rest that fathers, husbands, and boyfriends are expected to shovel out money for on women to keep up with the rat race. I imagine more creative minds than mine could think of lots more, and lots of better ways to fill the vacuums left as traditional marriages have gone the way of savings accounts and balanced checkbooks....

[@paulprice1705]

The Bud Clydesdales?

[@mickeymickey9914]

They're just going to replace you with 🥷🏿

[@TorontoLibertarian]

@@paulprice1705 Too soon, dude. 🤣

[@allenbanks910]

She wants to keep the ring? Sue her. In no culture does a woman keep the ring when she breaks off the engagement. This kind of entitlement tells you what an absolute POS she is. Bullet dodged, but still sue the POS.

[@cmdrfunk]

It's usually considered a gift and you have no claim on it.

[@jasondyrkacz8270]

​@@cmdrfunk With conditions.

[@blarghchan]

diamond rings have shit resale. The diamond industry is a sham.

[@MrWebster]

@@cmdrfunk Not true.

[@JohnAntonacci1]

Yet another reason to avoid marriage to women in Western countries.

[@anti-validation]

An engagement ring is a contract. If the contractual agreement is not completed, the property belongs to the original owner. Be logical

[@sonnyeriksson4480]

I never realised what family court think of husband's , fathers until I spent two years in responding to her lies . It is not a place for fathers considerations

[@nickel7065]

Once you've been there you know. It was like that fifty years ago according to my father, and it still is. I could prove my claims in family court with solid evidence and they still wouldn't listen. She didn't have to prove her lies at all and they believed her straight off. How do you win a legal battle with such civil servants?

[@chucknorris277]

New Hampshire is 25 percent of net no matter what. I'm 51 49 percent. Got my kid 60 percent of the time. I pay 850 a month

[@GibDozer1]

It's absolutely a sham. All the decision goes through one person the judge. So the people who decide your fate Judge your lawyer, her lawyer all have a vested interest in your suffering, because suffering is $. Everyone knows what really needs to be done to them... I hope they get their just deserves someday when they least expect it. They abuse the law to bleed the commoners while hiding behind it for protection.

[@Lonovavir]

If society is serious about saving marriage the legal system is the first place that needs serious fixing.

[@xerxes8632]

@@Lonovavir Look around, is society serious?

[@dbsommers1]

One guy had a test he learned early on: when you're considering marriage and she brings it up, say sure let's fly to Vegas now and get it done. If she starts quibbling about an expensive wedding, she's not concerned about marrying you, she wants a display to showcase herself. His first wife accepted the offer enthuseastically. Sadly she died in a car accident three years later. Once he felt up to reentering the dating pool, and eventually thought he'd found a number 2, she balked and said she wanted a big wedding. Broke up with her shortly thereafter. The next one he considered marrying got angry at the suggestion. Broke up with her on the spot. Now he's not so concerned about getting remarried and is content to just date.

[@LordWyatt]

Dating? Ew

[@electrictroy2010]

STATE LAW requires the ring be returned. It’s legally a “conditional gift” with the condition being a wedding. If the wedding doesn’t happen, then the gift is nullified, and must be returned to the man .

[@Sorain1]

@@electrictroy2010 Which state has that law? Because I might just have a new destination to move to!

[@elduquecaradura1468]

@@Sorain1 Brazil :D

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

Wise. Wise, indeed.

[@urbanegorilla6005]

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to spend the rest of their life in an institution?

[@meanderingmarley3910]

budda-bump-tsssss

[@thomasglynn2282]

Groucho?

[@NickeyONickes]

​@@thomasglynn2282 l thought Mae West as she said something similar but l think you're right with Groucho.

[@urbanegorilla6005]

@@thomasglynn2282 No; Karl from Das Nuptial.

[@HanktheTank221]

I have been married to the same woman for 47+ years and have known her for 49 years. If I had it to do all over again I would not get married knowing what I know now. Simple fact most men would be better served by having a good dog. The dog would love you, be loyal, honor you and be happy to see you when you come home. The dog would go with you enjoying your outdoor hobbies and just being with you. I have never met a woman that would do any of these let alone all of them. Again a good dog is a much better choice. As for sex rent it or buy one of those new sex robots. The only reason I am still married is I can’t afford to lose everything I worked and saved for all my life.

[@jamesgravil9162]

Your marriage can't have been THAT bad, if you stuck at it for 47 years.

[@HanktheTank221]

@@jamesgravil9162 maybe you would not have honored your word but I live by my word and do what I say I will do regardless of the cost to me. My honor is how I live my life. Just telling others to think it through before you make any commitments to anyone.

[@willymakeit5172]

@@HanktheTank221 I’m in pretty much the same boat, and I won’t leave for personal honor. However, if she ever tells me to get out, don’t get between me and the front door. And I think she knows it.

[@asmith1711]

Maybe change your name on here your wife can search your posts on YT, delete your cookies. Every time someone like me responds, it alerts your phone and saves the info. Maybe get a different login for this type of conversation. I agree with you, whole heartedly just want you to cover your tracks a little better, because if she saw this post, the divorce courts may come sooner than you think. Women be crazy on some subjects (ok most).

[@HanktheTank221]

@@asmith1711 don’t know how to do those things you talked about plus If she wants a divorce I am Ok with that.

[@fryode]

It's not just lack of marriage that sunk David's Bridal, it was the lack of remarriage. Repeat business disappeared.

[@marcusanark2541]

Good point.

[@davidhinkson8856]

I realized that marriage was all about the bride and the man was basically just an accessory to the proceedings on my wedding day itself! It's unfortunate this store had to file for bankruptcy, but why go to all that expense preparing for a wedding when within a year or so you're filing for divorce and still haven't paid off all the expenses associated with the bride's "Princess for a Day" fantasy?

[@JohnAntonacci1]

Damm, this post is so accurate, spot on, I couldn't have put it in better words myself.

[@michaelsix9684]

avg. wedding costs nearly twenty grand now, it's insane, and avg. first marriage only lasts about eight years now, very sad

[@LiLBitsDK]

@@michaelsix9684 yeah have the females family pay ALL costs... and written contract she gets NOTHING on divorce... in other countries the females are "valuable" because they act as females (sex, children, food, cleaning) and not as golddiggers like they do in the west... where they take everything you own now and in the future...

[@nicholashenderson6941]

That's not what it's supposed to be about.

[@LiLBitsDK]

@@nicholashenderson6941 true but that's how it is these days... it's all about golddigging from women... they want 10/10 men, they want them to be tall, make 6-7 figures, they don't want to ever work, they want the man to pay for their 4-5-6 kids with 4-5-6 different fathers, they don't want anymore kids (since they already have 4-5-6 kids) so what good is a tramp (sorry... used baggage lady) for a man that would like a faithful wife that want kids and would stick with him for life? this woman already proved that she jumps from dick to dick so she can gets divorve money and childsupport from all these men... she doesn't need men she's a strong independant woman and all that... but she still want a man to pay for her so she doesn't break her nails working... she wants her life to be a holiday for the rest of her life and he has to work his arse off to pay for her wants... not even just her needs but her wants... big fancy car, million dollar home etc. etc.

[@CalvinMorris-cf8jk]

she got the gold mine, I got the shaft, I am paying alimony eating boloney . no bank acc, no savings, bad credit and my teeth are falling out ,twenty years of 16 hour days down the drain. think about it guys but do not do it. p.s. if a woman orders stake and lobster on the first date run fast, I found this out the hard way. wishing you guys the best.

[@GeraldM_inNC]

​@@albertbernardcontreras2241 He's quoting from a song by Jerry Reed.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

@@GeraldM_inNC Only the first 3 lines

[@GeraldM_inNC]

@@juliantheapostate8295 Yeah, he started from the things he had in common with the song and then added more details of his own. Amazing how that song speaks for all of us! Coach Greg Adams had to sleep in his effing car for the first year.

[@ivannasha5556]

A friend was with a girl. Who waited until after her birthday to dump him. Just so she could get the birthday present first. They are pure evil XD

[@kungaroo1956]

In a comment section, a guy told a woman that marriage is a bad deal because 50% of them end in divorce. She replied with “you know 50% of marriages don’t end in divorce?” Like… what? Other things need to be taken into consideration with that 50%. How many are in a loveless marriage? How many are happy but the wife is cheating? How many are in a bad word marriage? How many are together because it’s more convenient to stay because of financial issues or because of the kids? How many are married but are in a open marriage?

[@EdHealey88]

Great points, looks like maybe 10% of marriages are probably truly successful. Yeah Im playing the percentages and never marrying

[@jwarrior9986]

Two words...Will Smith. [MikeDrop]

[@GeraldM_inNC]

Playing Russian Roulette with half the bullets loaded.

[@lilfairycupcake]

the 50% that dont end in divorce live in misery. misery/divorce are your choices.

[@Whatreally123]

Men can deal with the insanity of women but we can't deal with the government taking away our life's savings, house etc. If these laws weren't this unjust, I'd happily risk getting married. And surely if the laws weren't like this, women wouldn't file for divorce as easily as they do now.

[@jackkonnof4106]

I remember when my girlfriend tried to convince me the size of the diamond represented how much I loved her. She went on to tell me how big some of her friends diamond rings were.Later I handed her a giant piece of coal and told her if she put it in a hot tight place long enough she could make her own diamond and she didn't need me.That pretty well ended it.

[@UnrealTransformer]

So her love for you was not big enough.

[@carldoove3644]

ahah you re the best

[@beeboy6967]

Even a calamari ring will do 😂

[@NickeyONickes]

@Jack Konnof Really? Where did you get the coal?

[@lupea8079]

My mom told me the whole diamond engagement ring thing is a very recent thing. Began in the US around the 60s. Even she said it was made up thing to get money out of you.

[@SpartanMGTOW1]

Loss for society loss for the world, WIN for MEN 👊🏼🙌🏽

[@mnomadvfx]

It's not a loss at all. Marriage is fake, it's all in our heads apart from the difference in how the legal system treats partners - most of which can be handled by lawyers anyway should that be deemed appropirate - wills for estate inheritance after death, and power of attorney for medical decisions before death. Beyond that there is almost zero benefit to declaring a marriage which takes a whole lot of legal bother to break again.

[@electrictroy2010]

STATE LAW requires the ring be returned. It’s legally a “conditional gift” with the condition being a wedding. If the wedding doesn’t happen, then the gift is nullified, and must be returned to the man .

[@sarangsharma5346]

A win for men is a win for society as well 😅

[@newson1177]

​@@electrictroy2010which state? I'd like to look into this.

[@Andy-rp9bp]

Y'know? I've been a virgin for all 26 years of my time on Earth. My guy friends never shame me for it outside of a joke. If they're being serious, they commend me. Some even expressed jealousy since I don't deal with the drama involved with chasing sex. I focus on myself and my relationship with God. Yeah, I've gotten lots of female attention, especially after I started hitting the gym. But to hell with it. I have work to do. On myself, on my life, and on my path to my purpose.

[@latt.qcd9221]

"Gen Z brides tend to prefer reusable wedding dresses." Wait, there's disposable wedding dresses?

[@mistahsusan2650]

rentals, just like how the bride-grooms would rent their fancy suit/tux

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

yeah. it's called a cemetery. you can find one there too.

[@dpeagles]

Yeah but they'll throw their litter on the street.

[@alexp7274]

Yes, they're called diapers.

[@scrocrates6380]

Fits with the disposable marriage.

[@KayFabe87]

Spent a total of $88 on our wedding. $38 for the marriage license and $50 to the mayor of the township who performed the ceremony. Used the thousands we saved to buy a house. Been married for 21 years. Some put more into the wedding than into the actual marriage, but to each their own. No regrets here.

[@coreytran7415]

Bless uour heart for sharing your story. My wife and I are young graduates from our middle 20s. We wish to be like you along our journey. We are 2 years in and planning to have kids soon.

[@scottysteadman5063]

Awesome! 👏! Now you can have a bigger Anniversary party 🎈! Well Done 👍!💯

[@therealunclevanya]

She loved you enough that the wedding didn't matter. Wishing you a long and happy marriage.

[@neelrastardust3052]

Smart move! Weddings cost too damn much.

[@rickcoona8368]

Married almost 40 years. The one bit of advice I can offer is: *Never Go To Bed Mad At Each Other. For It will poison your relationship faster than Arsnic.*

[@tomfilippone6303]

15 years married, she never worked, put her through nursing school…she left me for a Doctor ….NEVER again. Guys…Don’t EVER get married…

[@coolkiddwightps3-hoopsetc561]

what city?

[@joepoppy3264]

An article on Business Insider is a must read.."I'm a single mom. I date. But I don't date single dads" Unbelievable....