i dunno bro i think it's complicated. i think any blanket advice like get married or don't get married is too simplistic.
there are financial and emotional costs and risk to both doing it and not doing it.
for me the greatest fear is that the wife will expect me to have sex with her but obviously if she's looking to get married she is already approaching the wall, and i myself am also not getting younger so the odds of me 10 years from now getting it up for a 40 year old woman are slim ...
i would marry a woman that had more money than me if she wanted to have children immediately on the condition that i would never be asked to have sex with her or sleep in the same bed or even the same room with her and that i would be able to continue my gooning lifestyle and never have to go out in public with her and that our relationship would be limited only to raising children and splitting the bills 50/50.
but how many women are sensible enough to accept such a deal ? they watch these shows "the real housewives of this and that" where they believe they can wait till they're 50 then marry a multi-millionaire that is 10 years younger than them, never work, never have kids and just party all the time. when they can't do it they just cry " why can't i find a good man ! " but they never change anything - they just keep trying what has never worked for anybody.
the most any woman is willing to do to score a husband is when she turns 35 to delete her OF and declare that she has found Jesus. but she only does that because her OF money dried up and telling herself that she will get a husband is just her way of being in denial about why it happened.
basically if you can find a woman that is super focused on having kids ASAP which also has a secure and well paying career and understands that a family has nothing to do with love or sex and is just about stability and social ties and ultimately about kicking the can down the road so you don't end up the last one in a bloodline with nobody to look after you ...
i honestly don't know, and i can't really get more philosophical than this because anonymity is a fantasy and if you want to be able to defend yourself you need a gun and ability to get guns and ammo may some day hinge on being able to prove that you are a well adjusted individual that thinks that life is a gift and that you are blessed and grateful and so on.
in other words there are some things that cannot be said and some decisions you can only make yourself.
however if you do decide to get married you should probably do it sooner than later because aging is real for men too and kids are a large burden that you may not be strong enough for as you get older.