As a disclaimer I didn't read the entire thing (about half and skimmed the rest) but I'll finish it tomorrow. It looks to be spot-on and extremely well-written. Many of the points discussed have been touched on here already. Their divorce rate stat is way low however - it's not 40% it's more like a 60% failure rate (I can get sources). Anyway, well written.
Marriage is a bad, bad, BAD idea especially if you're male and most especially if you're a male with assets (like a house), money and / or a business. If there are any "life lessons" I hope to ever get through to my kids it's that (1) they should believe in themselves, (2) they should stay in school and preferably get college educations, (3) learn the difference between "good" debt (mortgages, college loans, etc. are acceptable while car loans and credit cards are not) and (4) don't ever get married if you want to protect your income, wealth, retirement dreams and mental / psychological well-being. This goes for both boys and girls. It's simply a dead institution now and totally unnecessary. Little good can come from it while lots of harm can (and in a +/- 60% majority of cases, does).
Happiness is ultimately found in oneself, not in a label or a societal convention that's been usurped and destroyed by the legal services industry for its own selfish ends. If you're true to yourself you'll find that being "alone" is fulfilling and often means you're not really "alone" at all but comfortable with who you are and with the company of one or more other people in your life on YOUR terms. Much better situation IMHO.
More later - for now I need to get back to working on a new house design for a client (the money from which I'll be keeping as a single guy and probably using to fund a trip to the South Pacific later this year, thanks very much).
