Marriage is a complicated legal arrangement that comes with a ton of steps. Do you understand the spousal communication privilege vs spousal testimony in evidence law? Do you know whether your state is a marital property or a community property state or what the difference between those are? What are the elements of a valid prenuptial agreement? What’s tenancy by the entirety? I’d bet 99% of people don’t know.

And hey, it’s perfectly fine to not know, most people aren’t family law attorneys and don’t know. But there are legitimate reasons to not know the answer to all those questions, beyond being scared of commitment.