Don't read if you're pro-marriage, or any of that rubbish

What is it in our anatomy that gives us the primal urge to NEED another human being? Not always multiple partners, but we find one specific person to share the rest of our lives with (or for a select few, thats what we hope for).

I don't think the institution of marriage is dying. I think it's still a built up tradition that men and women follow by instinct.
But why? Why do we feel that love needs to be sealed into a binding contract? I mean, that's all it is isn't it? Sure, you have a nice ceremony in a church or on a beach, costing you ridiculous amounts of money, with family members you never bother keeping in contact with and creating a few lasting memories. You can do the same thing by going to a family reunion and you wouldn't lose that much money.
Sure, divorce rates are higher, but I also think that's due to the number of marriages still growing, not dwindling. There are women who are always going to confused love with marriage, or the other way around. I can get into a rant about how movies and TV commercial are to blame, but that's a whole other discussion by itself.
Sure, you can call me bitter. But figure this: I can't think of one experience anyone close to me has had/will have with this. My parents are divorced, I watched a couple of my friends rush into it like it was no big thing, secretly leading me to believe they just wanted their last names changed. My mother's best friend just went through a MESSY divorce after forcing a piece of shit to marry her. My grandparents are stuck in a loveless marriage, bitter and stubborn and yelling at each other every chance they get, and I even believe my own brother is being forced into it. I keep wanting to ask him- if she hadn't practically threatened you (you may see it as a way of love, I just see it as a threat and blackmail), then when or WOULD you have ever proposed?
I'm all for love. If that's your cup of tea, then go for it. What I can't stand is these women (a great deal my age) who are so frightened to be single that they search, constantly search for a partner. I don't think anyone wants to grow old and die alone, but what's wrong with enjoying part of your life being single? It's almost as if the '30's and '40's never happened, and while women have jobs equal to men and can vote, they're still being set back decades with this wife, baby, and homemaker shit.
Maybe because I've never had it, I don't understand the great illusion of love and all the "mysteries" (what ever the fuck those are) that come with it, but all I know is that I'm happy and I'm comfortable being single, and if I never meet anybody and fall into the cliche that I loathe so dearly, then that is just all right with me.