I am a 21 year old with a mid six figure net worth (made money off my startup). I just want to say thank you to TRP, which I discovered a few years ago, for making sure that no woman will get to lay claim to my net worth or earnings. I "knew" that divorce was bad, especially for a HNW individual, and "knew" that pre-nups didn't work, but after looking at the posts on TRP today I realized that there just is no way possible to make anything resembling marriage work in the US for a man like myself. The facts are here, I suggest you take a look: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/1xbwqk/some_truths_about_prenups_and_divorce_law/

I have a knack for being contrarian and doing things a little differently from the rest of the world. It's why I've built products that have done well in the marketplace, it's why I find value and opportunity where others see nothing under the sun. I found it annoying (to say the least) at a young age when I was being told to pay for what women want when they had their own money to do so. Logically, it made no sense (and continues to make no sense). Divorce is the logical conclusion of such idiocy. I have since resolved to engage only in LTRs at MOST and only if I can do so in a manner that will not legally turn the cohabitation into a marriage. LTRs are not my goal at all of course, simply an upper bound.

As a business owner, my life is a constant game of risk vs reward, or the art of taking calculated gambles. From that perspective, marriage is entirely useless and unnecessary gamble. Want to raise a child? Adopt. Want a biological child? Hire a 'Baby Mom' and use your spem. Want companionship? Psychologists know that the Limerence (or Passion) phase of a relationship is guaranteed to vanish in 1.5 to 3 years. After that, the relationship devolves into a much more boring phase known as the "commitment" phase. The passion once present in the Limerence phase gives way to a sort of mutual tolerance that lacks all the excitement of the previous phase. Unfortunately, this transition is rarely graceful or enjoyable, which is why the vast majority of 'great relationships' fall apart. It is simply not psychologically possible for a couple to remain in Limerence. So, to my fellow TRPers who have swallowed the pill and will forever abstain from marriage, take solace in the fact you are not missing out on much. You can achieve the same psychological benefits simply with a series of LTRs that run the course of Limerence.

In fact, for the majority of human history (meaning pre-19th century) marriage for the sake of love was considered bizarre and unsafe. Love was unanimously known to be a temporary emotion, one which made little sense as the basis for any sort of contract. Anyway, the point is that the conflation of marriage and 'love' is completely wrong. So not only are you, a TRP man, not missing out on much psychologically, you're accepting the correct understanding of marriage that our ancestors have held since the dawn of time. I hope this long winded post can be of use to those swallowing the pill for the first time that were intending to get married. Know that you are stronger than women and that you have the power to get everything emotionally and physically that you want out of women without marriage. You don't need it and you never will. Thanks TRP.