Hehe you might be a little miffed by what Sboy has said, but people do speak from experience. I won't go as far but I will have to say that in the West women will always ask you, "What do you do?" That question can be a measuring stick for determining your status, income, and how good you are at in terms of taking care of this woman and your ability to have a family.

In China, it's probably mandatory by now that you need to have a house and also to have a car, too. It's very sad to see the state of affairs being like this. While there are couple who will do a "naked wedding" called Luo Hun in Chinese where neither side has these material goods society still tries to marginalize and shun them as well as keep them in the minority, most likely due to needing to have Face.

One of my friends brought up the point made by some famous Feminist a while ago on TV that women who marry primarily for financial security are basically prostituting themselves. I hadn't thought of marriage as being a form of prostitution before this, but seeing how many single men are out there who are decent people but can't seem to find a stable girl due to their job/status in society you have to wonder sometimes.