An article called ‘Why you’re not married’ has gone viral on the internet. It’s written by a TV scriptwriter named Tracy 
McMillan, who has been married three times herself. It is aimed at women who want to be married but aren’t married and wonder why. Pulling absolutely no punches, she tells them.
She gives six reasons: you’re bitch; you’re shallow; you’re a slut; you’re a liar; you’re selfish; you’re not good enough.
To sum up the reasons: if you’re angry no man will want you; you don’t want a guy who has character, instead you want one who’s tall or rich or handsome; you sleep around and then the oxytocin makes you fall for the wrong kind of guy; you lie to yourself that one day he’ll want to marry you or else you lie to yourself that you’re with him only for the sex and that’s all you want; you only think of yourself; and, you think you’re not good enough for him when you really are.
But at the end of the article, she gets to the core message; if you get as far as marriage, be realistic about it. She reckons too many women have unrealistic expectations about marriage and think it will make them happy all the time.
She tells them, “ultimately, marriage is not about getting something – it’s about giving it.”
McMillan is way harsh of course, is exaggerating for effect, and must know there are women who are none of the things she describes but still aren’t married even though they’re looking.
Anyway, it’s well worth a read. Here [1] it is.