Sexual marketplace disparity and cultural developments. Basically, if I am to do such a thing it won't be until my prospects are better. For men that usually means 35-40, with a career.
Marriage is based on a lie, the lie that you will know how you'll feel and whom you'll want to be with for the rest of your life. The only constant is change, and romance doesn't work that way. Also it's based on fear; it's basically an agreement that binds two people together so that neither will have to fear the other leaving. But what happens in practice is it kills the romance and many, many people are stuck in unhappy marriages.
1) Forever alone. 2) I'm not religious. 3) It's expensive. 4) Divorce is always a possibility and doesn't sound fun.
If I did ever get married, I'd prefer a humanist marriage, but they're not yet legally recognised in my country, so it would have to be made official at a registry office.
Something I thought about recently was that, if in the eyes of the Church, premarital sex is a sin and therefore marriage is to be encouraged, then why don't they offer to marry people for free? Is money more important than what they preach?
[09-06-18]
want? — It's supposed to be the end-all be-all when done correctly. It's the 'goal' of life (or some peoples'). The most wonderful person to be with you forever. Sounds awesome!
not? — 'Gone Girl' (2014). If you're not in tip-top condition psychologically you're going to attract damaged people. These people will have their own life problems. Rightly or wrongly they will grow to resent you, and blame you for said problems and/or any stress with dealing with other people who's purposes diverge.
All that can be bad enough, but if you're in this country, if you're a male that's just the beginning. If you have kids, their lives will be messed with severely. They may be taken away. Your money and life will be messed with severely. If she's vindictive bad bad bad things can happen to you. Prenups may not protect you. You will be, in effect, her servant. If you don't pay her, you will go to jail. Maybe there will be enough left for you to have a life, but maybe not.
Weil ich mich dazu so überhaupt nicht berufen fühle, so gar nicht!
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