You're entitled to your dislike, but MJ has done plenty of good for the character and can continue to do so when Marvel write her on-point, hence why she is so beloved.
One of the best Spider-Marriage and MJ writers, Tom DeFalco, actually wanted MJ to leave Peter at the altar when plans came for the wedding, but came around and later on revealed how much he had enjoyed writing MJ and that it defined a good chunk of his Spidey writing afterwards. Other professionals who share your opinion include Roger Stern, who wrote some great interactions with Peter and MJ before and during the marriage (interestingly, despite being opposed to Peter and MJ, he was a strong advocate for Lois and Clark in Superman and was an architect of their engagement), Stern was also the one that got the ball rolling on fleshing out MJ's origins.
There are vintage fans who share your belief, but that's just the same as saying there are vintage fans who want Gwen back, or want Peter to be a photographer forever, or want Peter to stay in High School. All nice thoughts, but they're steps backwards. Peter used to go through life without a reset button. Now that is no longer the case, it's all pretty much a lie. I haven't bought into that lie. Nothing crazy about doing the opposite, but it's a lie.
These vintage fans want Peter to be in a specific "idealized" place and a few don't want him to budge in terms of maturity, which is what marriage and fatherhood provides for him. Despite disagreeing with your views on Peter being with MJ, I feel your type of fan is definitely ahead of a few of those fans in particular because you're going to be in a position to see Peter overachieve for a bit, where as they want him more to underachieve. Married fans want a fine balance, naturally going forward and being more grounded. I feel like Peter being a teacher or a police scientist allows him to still achieve great things within his limits. I do not think he should be limitless, as you can only have Roseanne win the lottery once before the magic is lost. This feels very much like the unmasking deal in 2006/2007...it's something that may well be reversed in the cheapest way possible and take Peter so many steps back, and I just hope you're prepared for that.
I do respect your views, you haven't been rude for the most part and you're doing a respectful job holding your own, sometimes (this is due to my aspergers) I get bull-headed and say things I don't mean in between all the things I do. Just cut through that, as it's just banter.
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