Q: What do you think of marriage?
A:What Kate said. It's based on a naive misconception that "true love is forever." On the contrary, everything changes; "the only constant is change." The heart isn't predictable and can't be tamed. I think marriage is an agreement that both parties enter for the sake of security. They don't want the other ever to leave them, so they "tie the knot" to bind them, and in that sense it's an institution based on fear and control.
I also think marriage kills the romance by making it a formal or official arrangement, somewhat in same way that talking about doing something great that you want to do like writing a book deflates your passion for actually doing it. You know all those jokes people make about how marriage is hell? You'd think that would dissuade people from entering into it.. but not, people never seem to get the hint. I guess it's similar to how everyone knows smoking kills you slowly, drains your bank account, and is extremely addictive so that you suffer whenever you don't have a cigarette, and yet people smoke anyway.
The only other thing I want to say is that people who get married should be aware that studies show that the more fancy and expensive the wedding, the shorter the marriage tends to last..