After living with the woman for six (6) he doesn't want to marry her

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I don't like the idea of living together with a man, "shacking up" or "common law relationship" as we refer to it here in Trinidad. I think it's just two people playing house. I often get the argument that " how would you know what you getting into,unless you do a trial run" I say to that poppycock. Like really??? A relationship is like a car now??? You've to "test drive it?" Anyway I'm listening to the radio this evening and a guy calls asking for advice,he's been living together with this woman for 6 years and according to him, she's great.Things were going fine until she tells him she wants to get married, well he said No and apparently meh girl withholding $ex from the man. My boy doesn't see the point and quite frankly I don't see the point in them getting married either. He was getting the milk free for 6 years without having to buy the cow, so I don't understand her logic. Now we know how some men afraid of committment, and we all know the only reason why he's hedging is because he feels that marriage is a place of no return. He doesn't have the option of playing the field once he's married. I don't care what anybody says, living together is no sign of committment, it's just a gimmick for two people to play husband and wife leaving the option open for any one of the parties to "bounce starter" and leave the relationship when they feel like. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Yes, I know there's infidelity in marriages as well, but when married you're breaking a covenant, a promise and that level of committment does not exist in a "shack up" relationship. I chuckled listening to the gentleman, cause he was in a panic as he wasn't getting any $ex, but what else could he do???? The advice he was finally given, was to not get married if he wasn't ready, which I was in agreement, because I'm inclined to believe that a marriage under duress could and would never work out.