Interestingly, the stories generally don't seem to regard marriage as the happily-ever-after ideal.

Touchstone regards marriage as a way to fulfill one's sexual urges.

"I have never regarded marriage as a solution to a problem."

He regarded marriage in England as both enforced celibacy and a form of prostitution.

Christians variously regard marriage as a sacrament, a contract, a sacred institution, or a covenant.

Anglicans regarded marriage as a domestic commonwealth within England and the church.

I do not regard marriage as a sort of death.

Was it possible that she had been somehow conditioned to regard marriage as shameful, or at least, rather discreditable?

Another reformist incidence is regarding marriage of his daughter.

I regard marriage as a unique gift of the Creator.