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Why did you go through the expense of marriage, to a woman you have to support, when you can't even support yourself?

This is not a troll, I genuinely don't understand why so many people make life choices like this.

Another possibly more plausible explanation is that he could support her at the time, and now due to circumstances can't.

I applaud his efforts in trying to figure this out, and while it's not ideal, I'd encourage him to not to worry about justifying his marriage.

At the end of the day life choices are just that life choices and we have to live with the consequences of them, not justify them to others.

That's exactly what happened. Also, it's not so much that she requires supporting, more that it's something I want to do as thanks for allowing me the freedom to explore and then pursue a more rewarding career path.

Really? It's not hard to imagine any number of reasons. The obvious answer would be love. The next most obvious answer would be she got knocked up and it was better than having her family disown her.

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