Marriage is generally a dead loss for men, especially in the West. I might sound like a broken record but can anyone tell me a single thing about marriage that is positive for men?

Why not ask you parents?

What would you suggest to him, that you get to eat the spicy hotpot while the little lady toddles down the Chinese equivalent of the off-license for a fresh box of canned beer?

Don't know why he's asking you to ask your your parents- could be jealous that you're young enough to still have some.