The Mathematics of it All

For the same reason man wants to climb a mountain, the majority of marriages fail.

Its also related to the reason men accelerate off green lights to win an imaginary race and buy car magazines full of cars we will never have.

That reason is, we want what we have + 1.

For the majority of men, this simple mathematic equation will be the cause of all our successes, and the cause of half our assets being split by court order.

A adult male over 25 will be able to tell you about, at least one, great girlfriend – nice, pretty, fun, a real keeper. You broke up with her, didn't you? you though you could do better, didn't you, you little blighter!

I've got two such girlfriends. For no reason at all you start thinking, 'oh, this is swell, but you know what, I could have the same thing, but with a girl with a firmer bottom, that would be great, then if I had a faster car, it would be grand'. You know, what you have now, plus 1.

There is nothing wrong with that train of thought, it's why we went to the moon, trying to do better every day, but its puts a few dilemmas into your daily life. Biggest being, you continue to try and date women who are clearly out of your league. Its very possible, happens every day, but the thing is, she is thinking everyday, 'wow, I could do better than him'. Then you get divorced.

No real solution, I'm just saying.