"After three years of dating, my husband and I got married six months ago. Our wedding was amazing. We rented a chateau in the south of France, it was black tie, and we danced all night. We're incredibly grateful to my parents, who saved up for years, and to all our guests who flew in from the U.S. and took time off of work. We asked for no gifts, but some people gave us money anyway."
"Only kidding. My friend, let me introduce you to the sunk cost fallacy, the phenomenon in which a person sticks with something just because they've already put so much time and money into it, even if it's not going to serve them in the future. You did the best you could with the information you had. Now, you have more information; it's time to make a new decision."
A recently married person recounts a lavish wedding in the south of France and gratitude for parents and traveling guests, despite requesting no gifts. Serious relationship problems emerged within six months: the husband got very drunk and was rude to the narrator's mother, he micromanages the narrator's spending after combining finances, and the narrator discovered a prior hookup with a coworker that the husband never disclosed. Constant fighting has left the narrator miserable and fearful of family embarrassment and wasted parental sacrifice. The sunk cost fallacy is defined as staying because of past investments; with new information, a new decision is required. The first direct question raised is: Why divorce?
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