Divorce - not as profitable as we thought.

So I was reading a page that lists the Top Ten Myths of Divorce.

I didn't know this one was a myth:

5. Following divorce, the woman’s standard of living plummets by seventy three percent while that of the man’s improves by forty two percent.

A reanalysis of the data determined that the woman’s loss was twenty seven percent while the man’s gain was ten percent.


Dammit! I had a plan to improve the quality of my life by getting married, only to divorce months later and see my standard of living shoot up by 42%. A measly 10% improvement won't even begin to cover the costs of courting a woman, let alone divorcing her.