Marriage Good thing or Bad Thing?

When it comes to marriage, I would say that it is a bad thing. I just don't get it, I seriously don't think its a good idea tying your life to someone, when love doesn't really exist. See nothing really lasts forever, so what's the point even getting married when you know that it won't last forever. Whether it would be a fight, or one of you dies. It's just better to live by yourself and have a boyfriend or girlfriend. So this way, if any of you break up. You won't need to worry about one person taking half of your stuff. You see marriage has a set of rules. And you either bend them or you break them, everything else from there on is just slow death. When you have these set of rules, from what I have seen, you can hardly do anything. And if you want to go out and have fun, guess what it won't happen because the wife or the man is going to tell the other person, "No you can't go out." Or some such bull crap. Why feel a ball and chain around your ankle, when being free is so much funner? I just don't get the whole concept of this marriage thing. Maybe some one has a different opinion, maybe someone has the same. But if someone can help me understand, well go ahead and try. My opinion on marriage is never going to change. Just the thought of having one person, along with a ball and chain around your ankle, and a set of strict rules is just very eerie.