Marry Me?

So, I have a theory that it becomes exponentially more difficult to get married the older you get and I think I know why. I believe that marriage has a moderating effect on both parties involved. From my own experience, I know how out of control men can get when left with each other. Women seem to have some power that makes the men who like them not want to put a cherry bomb in the mail box or shoot guns at trains as they go by (I've done the last one). I don't exactly know where this calming influence comes from, but I do believe it's usually there.

However, both sexes, without this moderating effect, become increasingly eccentric. By that word, I mean that they become too stuck in their weird personal habits that they've never had to change because of someone else. For example: I have a name for the jug of water I drink from. By itself that is just a harmless and endearing quirk. However you add a hundred other weird quirks to that and the opposite sex gets scared of you. The longer you live without marriage, the more of these "quirks" or "eccentricities" become ingrained in your life and the less appeal you have to others. I don't know if I've explained this good enough. It's just a thought I've had for a while.