@Kamelpov Downgrade? Isn't dating the same as marriage nowadays? I mean, people already do everything a married can do nowadays, minus the registry in the government.
To the point where I ask myself why do people still get married?
@BloodySorcerer getting married is the enforcement of the status for the society. (tax and material profit and society effect)
Else dating means it can fail because we can have recourse and say no. Less responsibility(lover/girlfriend status)
@wyvernX02@Cyzeed there is an anime. It's also quite old. If I remember correctly, it ended right here, so you would be quite right about your assumption.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/31404/Netoge_no_Yome_wa_Onnanoko_ja_Nai_tmotta is the MAL link for it (read URLs whenever you see one online, and you'll avoid what "Lucian" faced lol).