Before marrying Emma Wedgwood in 1839, Charles Darwin first logically listed a pros and cons list of marriage.
Using his trademark rationality, Darwin made two columns: “Marry” and “Not Marry.”In the ”Marry” column, he entered things like: “Home and someone to take care of house—Charms of music and female chit-chat. These things good for one’s health.” In the “Not Marry” column was: “Freedom to go where one liked—Choice of Society and little of it. Conversations of clever men at clubs. Not forced to visit relatives, and to bend to every little trifle.”