Only in your warped, funamentalist Christian mind MCWAY. Having a financially costly (later due to vagaries of life divorce) marriage has nothing to do with legitimate feelings within a relationship. Giving something a label does not make it good. People can live together, have children, be happy together and do whatever they want without being married.
In other words, in the event of a break-up, you want the luxury of hauling tail and leaving the woman holding the bag with the kids, without having to cough up the coin. How noble of you!!!!
It ain't just my "warped" mind. Apparently, Pole's sweetie wants to be a wife, not a "life partner" or baby mama.
And, in case you forgot, our country (USA) looks at wives much differently than girlfriends. As I told Pole, he is technically still single, until he walks that aisle. When he gets married, his wife will be viewed in a totally different light, socially and legally. She will have privileges and entitlements that she does NOT have now and a cool new last name to boot.
Whether you think it's monolithic or not makes no difference. That's the facts, brother!!!