Is Marriage an achievement?

Marriage is the coming together of two people into a union that should last forever . It is a beautiful thing, It is super cute and amazing but lately people are beginning to see it like it is a do or affair and for those people who get married it becomes a thing of show off and they immediately start to feel like they are better than the single people which shouldn't be so and also people begin to feel like because you are married you should loose yourself and just become a completely new person....I mean i had a life before deciding to welcome this person in so please allow me and forgive if i refuse to fit in your idea of how a "married" person should act or not . In my opinion i do not see marriage as an achievement but rather as a blessing you get from Almighty Allah and one should not look down on others who are yet to receive theirs and stop expecting people to fit into your idea of a married person should be or not be...till i write again its Mrs M