marriage is like anything else in life, for some, it's great, for others, it's the worst and there a ton of people in the middle who are just whatever. some people never want to get married, and while others hope for it and never get it. no matter the circumstance, i'm not sure you could say it's entirely good or entirely bad. for some people, it's a great deal. but that doesn't mean its a great deal for everyone. it's basically the adult way of asking somenoe to go steady with you like you did in high school--except, there's legal obligations as an adult. but just like high school, some people stop "going out" and want to be alone or go out with someone else. and just like in high school, you'll have a few couples that will stay together their entire high school careers and on into college. To each their own, I say.