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How do you view people who are still single in their mid or late 30s and beyond?
| They are a sad bunch of losers who can't get anyone to like them. | 91 | |
| No problems with singledom, but they still need to step up their game. | 32 | |
| Sympathetic, I was there too once and I know how it feels. | 12 | |
| Great! Better than being attached, they can do what they please! | 32 | |
| Why do I care if they are single or not, it's who they are that counts | 141 |
What do you mean by single? Unmarried? Or alone in your underwear with a bowl of jello in your lap and a beer in your hand and porn on the TV?
It is really sad how many people associate married life with unhappiness. You make your life what it is, don't blame others.
I know plenty of unmarried 30 somethings who are just as miserable as married folk. And plenty of married people who are just as happy as single folk.
Don't let your happiness be determined by others.
37, single, wouldnt have it any other way. Who wants someone running your life for you!
I have a few married friends and I tell you, they hardly ever have anything happy to talk about. Most of the times is problems, arguments, poverty and is very depressing being around them.
They love talking about their problems and life all the time, and I would rather sit at the dentist than hear about their miserable existence.
I am 40, separated for 5 and half years, mum to three kids, and I am very happily single and for the foreseeable future I don't intend entering a relationship.
This hasn't always been the case, until last year even I very much wanted to be in a relationship.
Lately I have gotten so lazy and enjoying doing not much, that I simply find it a real inconvenience to accommodate anyone new or old into my life again, and that goes for friends too.
I just can't be bothered making time for anyone, remembering them, staying in touch, chatting, etc, I avoid visitors to the best of my ability, I don't encourage spontaneous visits, I dislike small chat and I really couldn't care less how they doing, particularly if their not happy.
should a person be in a hurry to be married by a certain age and then make a big mistake by marrying the wrong person? I think not.. I'm 35, never been married, no kids, and I'm a whole helluva lot better off than people I know that have married when they shouldn't have.
I don't see it as a good thing to marry the first person that happens to like you. Personally, I have no interest in marriage.
My friend is 45 and has been dating 18 to 29 year old women for years now. He wants no children, and i think if he is happy that way, more power to him. Not everyone is meant to be a parent. I married my Love because i wanted kids, and so did she. We had kids, and she was no parent at all, and still isn't after 18 years. She should have stayed single or never had kids.
I know couples who are married or in a relationship in their 20's, and they're miserable. Most of my 30-something friends who are in relationships tend to be in longer lasting and happy ones. :) They've taken the time to weed out the bad ones.
I'm 35 and have been single almost all my life. I think there has to be something defective with people my age who are still single. I wouldn't want to go out with anyone stupid enough to actually like me anyways.
It's just boring this way, that's all, but at least I don't have to listen to someone complain about everything, take up room in my bed and have the power to decide when it's time for me to be unhappy.
Just about everyone I know is married and divorced. I am in my late 30's and happy single. I had a girlfriend for 5 + years and it was dreadful most part. I rather be single and happy than in a relationship and miserable.
This gets more and more depressing all the time. I have a friend who dated this girl for about 8 years before he married her. They were married for 3 years and now they are going through a divorce. My faith in marriage has just taken a significant blow.
Should someone rush into marriage because of their age?
Sometimes you just don't meet the right person in your first 30 years of life.
The age of first marriage is highest in most developed countries, with the exception of the U.S.A., the common age there is similar to undeveloped nations.
I think it's becoming more and more normal for people to remain single for longer. Whether that's increased personal wealth and freedom or the ability to have children later, I don't know. Either way, it doesn't seem strange to me and it probably would have been very odd to my grandparents.