Is it normal that i'm in my mid twenties and don't ever want to get married?

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I have quite a few friends that are getting engaged or are married and we're all roughly in our mid twenties. When asked if I want to get married, I respond no. To which the response that I get a majority of the time is a look of disbelief or like I'm an alien. It's not that I hate relationships I just don't see myself in one or getting married. I don't have some compelling desire to get hitched like others. Nor do have a compelling desire to date anyone. So what do you think?

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  • BlueJ
    12 years ago

    I don't see not wanting to get married as something that is out of the ordinary, nor do I see a desire not to be in a relationship as out of the ordinary either.

    Some people have a desire to be loved and held by someone, all the time, and some like their own company. Personally I like plenty of my own space or I feel suffocated in a relationship.

    I am also in my mid-twenties, so maybe we're both in the same place where we haven't met the right person yet, but I don't feel as though it is anything to worry about for now.

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  • Nokiot9
    9 years ago

    Too much pressure, especially on young women to settle down these days. The perfect suburban American family is pushed as the 'ideal life' that everyone should strive for, because it serves capitalism.

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  • missyz
    11 years ago

    I'm 27 and I don't want to get married, be in a relationship or have children! I get looked at like a nutter but people are doing is following what is expected of them and conforming to society! I say do what you want as long as you stay happy and others should let you do what you want too!!

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  • HarleenQuinzel
    12 years ago

    I don't want to get married... I don't really things its necessary. Just a piece of paper. Plus I just don't think I'm the type of person that could fall in love and stay with someone forever. That could change with age, who knows

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  • chatter289
    12 years ago

    meh i think the same. im 22 and don't want to get married the hasstle and the thought of shit happening. But, all with time and i guess when you meet the right person you will change your mind. I was 100% no no with the thought of marriage and i have been with my partner for 2 1/2 years and well, now im 80% against marriage and 20% maybe/yes.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    12 years ago

    I didn't have a compelling desire to date or get married and now I do. In fact, I know a few people that did not have that desire that ended up tying the knot.

    It's perfectly natural to be interested in other things or see the idea of marriage as not for you, especially if you are not in a committed relationship or haven't been in one. Nor everybody thinks about those kind of things at your age. Maybe it'll just happen for you, maybe it won't, the important thing is whether or not you are happy with your life.

    If you're happy with your life then don't worry about it.

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