While we don’t have controlled studies, married people do tend to be happier. Overall, many married people find the companionship of having another person to spend their life with fulfilling, rewarding, comforting, and generally very positive.
There is a risk of an unhappy marriage, but there is also a risk of missing out on what could be a really important relationship.
You could consider talking to people a few decades older than you who seem like the kind of people you might be in a few decades time, and asking whether they’re married and how they feel about it?
While we don’t have controlled studies, married people do tend to be happier. Overall, many married people find the companionship of having another person to spend their life with fulfilling, rewarding, comforting, and generally very positive.
There is a risk of an unhappy marriage, but there is also a risk of missing out on what could be a really important relationship.
You could consider talking to people a few decades older than you who seem like the kind of people you might be in a few decades time, and asking whether they’re married and how they feel about it?