I used to think getting married was a vile undertaking. That it would remove my freedom. But I learned from getting married that it is quite the opposite. Your priorities change and life becomes much better; more fulfilling. My wife and I were talking about that old notion of "You will know when you meet the right person." Both of us were skeptical of those married friends who used that line on us. I had several girl friends in my 20s and felt that some of them might have made a good partner, but it never worked out. When I met my wife, I looked at her in a very different light than I did with the GFs I had years earlier. Four months into the relationship, I knew she was the right one for me.