From Bierce’s “Devil’s Dictionary” of more than a century ago:
Bridegroom, n: One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.
Well not to be too philosophical, a bridegroom can get a whole lot more out of marriage than just footing a bill.
A guy needs to have a whole lot more maturity and introspection before getting intimately involved with a girl than what goes on in their young lives that we see now
Until he has good reason to get married it is just paying a bill. But girls could back off and let him grow up too