Well, I wouldn't be surprised if Maedhros and Maglor got married. They were the slightly calmer and more level-headed sons. All of the others were just CRAZY, so we can't really expect them to do anything rational.
It's very rare that a genius is also given the same store of common sense. Look at Albert Einstein. The man was one of the greatest thinkers of our age, and yet, at the age of 40, he still couldn't tie his shoes properly or comb his hair. Fëanor's lack of common sense doesn't surprise me. In fact, I think Nerdanel wasn't a genius like her husband, she just had a great store of common sense. In later days, when everyone was writing these tales down, they finally realized that true wisdom is common sense, and that is why she is called wise.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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