James Sexton, a high-profile divorce attorney known for his candid takes on modern relationships, recently compared marriage to skydiving, arguing that the odds of emotional catastrophe are far higher in the former.

“Marriage is overwhelmingly unsuccessful,” Sexton said during his appearance on The Diary of a CEO podcast. “It is way more dangerous than skydiving… It’s very limited, the chances of dying from skydiving.” He added, “This (marriage) is a technology with an unbelievably bad failure rate.”

Pushing his metaphor further, Sexton remarked, “Do more people die from marriage or skydiving?… I think most people’s sense of self, many people’s sense of self dies as part of an unhappy marriage .”

To him, the real danger isn’t physical — it’s emotional erosion. “It’s not a question

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