Before I read other comments:

Marriage is a life event. In order to live a full life you must find someone and negotiate a double coincidence of wants. Then you invest and reinvest in each other. To fall in love is a misnomer. To choose to love is how it rolls out. It is easier when pretty and feeling healthy but I have promised to choose to love regardless. It feels like a pretty emotional high at the beginning.

It is difficult to describe the amount of stability and instability I have experienced with this choice. My spouse has the power to build me up and tear me down. She generally chooses to build me up. I generally choose to build her up.

I have lived in communities where I could only rely on her. I have lived in communities where I didnt have to rely on her. I choose her daily.

I think there are some strong societal wealth consequences to getting and staying married. Wealth lends more stability and options over time.

Probably good odds that there is a pun in there somewhere.🙃

Cool, thanks for the response

I have heard horror stories about having to bribe the doctor and nurses when you arrive at the hospital in labor because they give bare minimum plus “mistakes” otherwise. Is it free plus expected/required tip?

Well if the value of a belief is in its ability to predict the future and people are believing stuff that explains but cannot predict anything, then we can simply figure out a way to set ourselves up for success based on solid beliefs that accurately predict the future while they take increasing doses of cope.

I know it is not that easy but I try to live by that principle. I cannot refute someone’s belief that the entire universe started existence 10 minutes ago and everything from memories to tangible goods are simply created from nothing. I can however say that predicts nothing therefore I won’t engage.

I think my point of juxtaposing cultural norms is still applicable:

The average generation is about 33 years. If this is from the middle of the last century, then it is about 2-3 generations ago. I think that is enough for my cultural lens to be pretty radically different from the norms for great grandpa.

The subtle description of a woman as an object for society to build cages around is visible to me with my current cultural lens.

Ambulance rides cost a minimum of 1k USD. If you are not admitted to the hospital then it is not covered. If you are admitted then all costs ambulance and care normally has a 500$ copay and then you pay 20% or less depending on the insurance.

A broken leg that requires immediate surgery is something to admit. Just a cast is urgent care only, so you probably are S.O.L.

This is based on my experience with multiple insurances, there are tonnes of options, so I’m sure someone else would say it is different for them.

Viagra is heart medicine with a blood flow side effect

By chance have you read the book permutations?

If you live in the florida Everglades then that would be pretty impressive. The global landscape has had increased nuclear proliferation, so by your analogy, its like having to pet several alligators each day and having a track record of 0 alligator attacks.

The UN if defined as having been formed to prevent nuclear war under the MAD (mutually assured destruction), had been 100% effective since it formed.