You make a clear, concise argument against marriage.
Why get married when everyone - men & women alike - are lusting after someone (something) else?

Your Momma laid down some heavy advice.
Given that advice, how did you reconcile yourself to marriage?

Michael.
Juanita.
The cast of characters in the drama is irrelevant, but the take-away is this: is marriage worth the price - financially, emotionally, spiritually - of admission? Drama-laced interpretations & assumptions aside, did either one of them bargain for this when they hit that little chapel in Vegas 13 years ago? Probably not.

Let's not play the game.