I aint even anti marriage but I thought about this alot. Its alotta dudes thats married, but I think if it wasnt for society/family/ and their woman's pressures that 80% would have never signed marriage papers. They would have just been with her if thats who they wanted to be with, but wouldnt need a contract to feel their relationship was solidified
I don't think any man really desires marriage its just that he meets a woman gets some cooch and the clock starts ticking. At some point the pressure women and society exert on him demands he spend months working to buy a ring and put it on her finger and ask for her to marry him. Then they blow all this money on the huge spectacle so her family and friends can watch her parade around and things continue to go down hill. It's either he accepts that or he dumps her.
Most guys who feel that particular woman is the best they can do and or are scared to go back out and play the field accept that bs and one day wake up in hell. Some beat the odds and find happiness but most are trapped. She starts popping out babies and its cheaper to keep her except that it was really cheaper to never have her.