If you were single (and younger) with a decent income and knew about this hobby, would you still consider marriage?

..... when I was 18-21 in Australia.  Still got married, twice.  Now I'm 56 and single and this is perfect for now.  
So, I guess, yes I still got married knowing all about this.

If I met the right provider heck yeah I would marry her. I think I already met her with the current provider I'm seeing.

To answer your question yes.

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I was heavy into the hobby about 15 years ago and really fell hard a few years apart,for two lovely ladies who were both pro w switches but by choice more sub than domme.  If I were unattached at the tim I would have let nature take its course and see where is went. I could imagine myself married to one of them.  
In NY I had a beautiful domme friend with benefits, I was married and so was she.  If I had been single, I would have allowed ny self to open wider and would have certainly considered marrying her and she was unhappy enough that that night have happened.
I would not have stayed single because I like being married, I love having kids, etc.  
Even now, I do meet providers who --if I were single-- I would see more often without fear of really falling for one of them understandng that none of them might fall for me (I easily handle rejection) but if the winds were right......

but I'd look into the whole pre-nup thing a bit more next time.

I've done the traditional marriage.
My opinion:  Happy marriage doesn't last.

That will be hard to find, but not impossible. I would certainly consider retiring for the right person, but ideally I would like to continue working and be in a long-term relationship.

Cure for Marriage,
Like they need to find a  Cure for Cancer.

but it didn't stop me from getting married, but only once.

I will give you small credit for no longer calling her "My Provider"  

Is to provide for children.  Marriage has nothing much to do with recreational sex.  Folks who have been married a while will tell you this.  So to me the answer is straightforward.  If you want children get married.  If not - don't.  

As has been stated by a few folks, marriage is about things other than sex; a partner, companionship, someone to be by your side regardless of the circumstances.  So yeah, I'd definitely still consider marriage.

Any good attorney can rig a contract to get the kids taken care of.

I guess I got lucky with mine. She's my bud, lover, pal and partner in crime. She is also very "liberal" regarding certain activities.  

...what they want when it comes to love?  I married twice only to find myself chasing an improbable dream in both marriages.  For me, love's quest led to persistent unhappiness and I cannot think of any reason to step back up to the plate with the count 0-2.  But I do indeed find myself happier than ever falling in love one hour at a time.

The  OP question assumed that there is a purpose in marriage.   I meant that the only reason to get married in the first place was children.   Certainly one can replicate the private obligations of marriage legally without calling it marriage.  But as the LGBT community pointed out, there are a lot of benefits to marriage that are public and can't be replicated.

How was your day?

Others make GREAT GF's. I dated a Thai girl, she worked at an agency and by just about every definition she was "high volume" We spent about six nights a week together, we had separate residences, but spent "almost" every night together, and I can't think of a single time where she told me she was too tired to fuck. She ALWAYS had plenty of gas in the tank left over for me. It often made my wonder what would happen if she were to "retire" I am afraid she might have fucked me to death. lol

Most guys set their standards too high, they expect to find a happy woman ...

Personally, I have discovered that the more often I have sex, the more often I WANT sex.  So if I were to be super low-volume, I really wouldn't have much of a sex drive outside of my clients at all.  

That is, if I were at all in the mind-frame to have a LTR these days.  

Fun topic, I would totally marry one of my clients (one in particular comes to mind of course)  

we had a wonderful 25 yrs together before the big C took her from me.  I could never find another like her. rather than trying to and failing, i decided to try p4p.  so far so good !!! but never say never to anything

Start out with a probationary contract at 2 years, then you can renew your contract at the end of the 5 years with renewed vows, update the prenup, etc. of course, if no kids were involved, I'd totally be up for that.

Would love to get married and have kids still, but time is slipping by fast.  Haven't hobbied for a year and a half, as I do have a beautiful girlfriend who surpases anything I would have thought possible before I had my little 3 year-or-so hobbying period in my life.  The hobby gave me confidence with women and helped me to realize what I really want to get out of life.  It certainly broke me out of rut.  Not sure how my story will end, but as of now, I'm at least happy to be on a path that might lead to marriage, rather than just playing around (although yeah, I met some great ladies and had a lot of fun).

all i wanted at that time of my life was the picket fence...a norman rockwell family life.