I suspect you are one of those Christian radicals who blindly follows "tradition" ( like the brain dead Chinese that a lot of fools in ESL worship ) and that family values and "societal expectation" nonsense.

Why [edited] would I ask my parents? Sure, maybe this marriage thing worked for some people a long (very long ) time ago.

Now a woman can just divorce you on a whim, when she gets bored or wants someone with even higher earning potential. She can take half your assets, more if you have kids ( like 70 or 80 per cent ) You will have to pay child support on top of that. You still think marriage is the way to go for men?
I wonder what sort of bubble of a world you live in?

I watch MGTOW videos on You Tube almost everyday and see and hear all the horror stories. Some women get pissed of with the MGTOW and call them losers just because they don't want to work for 30 years just for the benefit of some greedy entitled cow and end up losing everything. Living in a one bedroom rented flat when you're 55 years old ( plenty of men in that situation, you better believe it! )

Most men are now aware that marriage, like global warming and HIV, is a scam. Even young teenage men are starting to go MGTOW. They may have to sacrifice a few things for now, but they will be glad in 15 years time when they own their own home, have a luxury car, and can afford to move to SE-Asia and just chill out.