Let’s consider more data. We know that about half of all marriages in the West end in divorce. It almost seems suspect that any rational human would choose to get married, knowing it was a coin toss as to whether they would stay together or need to embark on a costly and mentally arduous legal process to divide assets and children. The odds just aren’t very good. Moreover, we don’t even know if the remaining 50% are happy. Yet, despite the data, many of us continue to get married or form long-term partnerships.