I stand corrected. I think this society is very cynical when coming to marriage.
For good reason. I think a lot of people don't enter into it with the right mindset these days and a big part of that reason is the I-have-right-to-have-sex-without-strings-attached mentality contraception introduced. It takes an absolute mindset and iron willpower, and it overhauls your life if done right. If having children consumes too much time or is too inconvenient, then a spouse isn't for you either. The divorced guy I mentioned earlier in the thread? He had been married 11 years. The breakup was quite mutual, his part because I couldn't make the time for him required to maintain a "partnership". He had flaws but he was right about that part.