Hiya Kubby. I think most boys tend to be attached to their moms... At least from what I've observed
I missed the society that encouraged couples to wed not long after dating and frown upon divorce.
Relationships these days are indeed quite shallow, but I don't think it's for the better. There was a lot of hypocrisy then, but I don't think that's died now... The general acceptance of current structures simply makes it easier to be hypocritical
Times and social norms are constantly changing and not always improving. I would say they make broken principles seem normal and force it to be acceptable.