Being stably married is expensive, and most marital fights are over finances.
Why do you say that?
I ask because mine sure isn't. My house is more then I would have by myself, but not twice. same with utilities, food and such. Car's I guess are double because I'd still have a fast car and truck, so her explorer is just added on. Income (roughly) doubles, but expenses don't. at least in mine.
I suppose that adding kids in makes it expensive, but that (having kids) doesn't seem to have much correlation with marriage anymore.
Oddly, I always seemed to have more disposable cash than my married associates. I know the plural of ancedotal is not "data", but it is quite a bit of a sample pool.
Odd indeed. I (and my wife) have way more disposable income then our single friends. Weird. Of course, a quick mental tally of the single folks we know, only one is what I'd call successful. Most stuck at a not great career level and many have some kind of child support payment. (or the kid) Which is probably why I took lee's statement at face value. At least of the folks I know stable marriage correlates with stable financials and upwardly mobile career path.