Originally posted by CobraGT
Is it impossible that the level of commitment to a marriage and each other could be nearly equal?
Average? No way. There won't be another like me. Frustrated? I'm glad you've picked up on that I was afraid I wasn't making myself clear. Chumpish? I feel like a chump for needing help, but being humble makes this a little easier.
While I've enjoyed some of the insights provided by various posters, the discussion has now degenerated into personal attacks that serve no purpose.
CobraGT -- it is now readily-apparent that you have become more defensive as your wedding approaches. Such defensivness is, by its nature, a by-product of an attempt to convince yourself that your decision to get married is the right one. Detzcoi, Westcoaster and other posters have raised numerous questions for you to ask yourself. Unfortunately, you won't ask them because you know that you won't like the answers. Then again, perhaps you don't have the answers, and acknowledging that fact scares the heck out of you.
Regardless of your reasons for being defensive, you must accept the fact that there is both statistical and anectdotal evidence that marriages can and do fail. Perhaps your marriage will be one of the lucky ones, then again, perhaps not. You may as well find out for yourself. Along the way I expect that you will learn much about yourself and your wife, some of which you will wish you hadn't. Experience has always been the best teacher.