We live in a time where everyone is still expected to get married and most still want to get married, but the vast majority of advice is what NOT to do, rather than HOW TO find the right spouse. If all you heard were car buying horror stories, and to look out for sleazy car salesman, a veteran car salesman is going to have a field day with you, if you haven't learned the actual process of how to buy a car. Also young dudes are focused on looking out for a woman lying to them, that they never figure out what they want for themselves and end up falling prey to the lies they tell themselves. For all the dudes wanting to live that bachelor life, I got a pro tip for you: The vast majority of top tier single ladies are expecting to get a ring out of someone, and won't fuq with you if you tell them, they ain't getting one from you. How great really is your love life if you spend the majority of it leading women on?
Here is what I tell every person thinking of marriage. Google "Top reason couples divorce". Make a list of 20 questions based on what you read, then hash them out with the girl you are interested in. "What do we do if your mother wants to visit us unannounced and I don't like it?", "Your brother wants to borrow $5k from us to start his lawncare business. Do we give it to him?", "How many children do you want to have, and do you believe in spanking?", "How often will we have sex per month, and what to do if one of us wants more than the other?" "I got a job offer in another state. Its my dream job, do we move?" See that covers Money, Family, Sex, Careers. Hash out enough questions and the many of the issues in marriage that will definitely arise have already been discussed.