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Why you aren't married yet

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Red Squirrel said:
This is why I'm not married.
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Start storing some Blu Ray/DVD rips of Desperate Housewives, Girls, Sex in the City, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl, and Downton Abbey on there and you will have a wife in no time. The only thing a potential wife wants more than "security" (aka a fat wallet) is an on-demand streaming system for the shows that Netflix hasn't licenced fully yet.
 
loki8481 said:
this thread makes women sound so awful... why even bother?
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Women are pretty awful. Not because they're women, but because they're people. People in general are pretty awful, and half of them just happen to be women.

I've been married twice, dated a bit, slept around a lot, had a couple of girlfriends since my last divorce. Lately I'm pretty happy by myself. The thing I miss the most is someone to snuggle up to at night, but it's not worth enduring the rest of the crap involved in a relationship just for that. Compromise? Why would I want to compromise when as a single person I can do anything I want?
 
poofyhairguy said:
Start storing some Blu Ray/DVD rips of Desperate Housewives, Girls, Sex in the City, Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl, and Downton Abbey on there and you will have a wife in no time. The only thing a potential wife wants more than "security" (aka a fat wallet) is an on-demand streaming system for the shows that Netflix hasn't licenced fully yet.
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Confirming this.
 
BoberFett said:
Women are pretty awful. Not because they're women, but because they're people. People in general are pretty awful, and half of them just happen to be women.

I've been married twice, dated a bit, slept around a lot, had a couple of girlfriends since my last divorce. Lately I'm pretty happy by myself. The thing I miss the most is someone to snuggle up to at night, but it's not worth enduring the rest of the crap involved in a relationship just for that. Compromise? Why would I want to compromise when as a single person I can do anything I want?
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I like to spoon with my hand on the boob.
 
I went to my 25 year high school reunion a couple years back, and was shocked at the number of my former classmates who are divorced or separated. Probably two-thirds of them. And a handful of them are already on their second divorce.
 
moonbogg said:
You are a male, older than age 25, and have no tangible hope of being married at the moment. You want to be married, but that woman (or man) seems to be eluding you. Here is why.
You have a personality problem. You are a bad listener and, when in a conversation with someone, you only like to hear yourself talk. You interrupt people or hardly give them a chance to speak. If you do let them speak, its only because you need a moment to think of what you're about to say.
You are a self centered person and are incapable of investing mentally and emotionally in someone else, which is what they need. People sense this and you are like long term relationship repellant. They just seem to scatter somehow.
Good luck.
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Hey, we all mature at different rates. I don't think I have anything on this list of yours even getting married after I turned 30.
 
Retro Rob said:
Hey, we all mature at different rates. I don't think I have anything on this list of yours even getting married after I turned 30.
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Dude if it takes people any longer to mature these days they're going to be in the retirement home/dead by the time they are ready to have kids. Thank goodness for imigration.
 
OP should have titled the thread "why you are alone" to fully bring his point across.

Even if one is lucky enough to be at the right place, at the right time to meet the significant other, it's not enough, both have to also be ready and willing to make a serious relationship/marriage work. When my longest and most promising relationship ended, I thought I hit rock bottom but as time went by, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I know so many good people whose lives got very difficult with divorces and having kids with now estranged partners.

I'm probably alone on this but I would rather not have kids if I cannot provide for them as I want than just have a kid and "hope" I can give them the life they should have. When I was growing up there were way less things a kid "needed" to have a "normal" childhood.

Now 38, I don't have the will power needed to make things work, the stuff I never sweat before bothers me now. Last time I had a woman over, I was pissed when I saw her hairs in the shower drain. Stuff like that didn't bother me in my 20's and early 30's.

My libido is now starting to decline but the most concerning thing is that I am ok with masturbating as a permanent replacement for women. Not sure exactly which disorder I'm developing but I keep justifying it as a better, hassle free solution rather than dealing with all the risks involved with pursuing women. I had lots of fun when I was younger, now I view courting/dating as an inconvenience.

Another disturbing trend I notice is that I like toying with women now, flirt til I get them interested and then disappear or turn coldblooded once I sense that I could have them. It's like a power trip, removing the only constant in the man vs. women game aka the desire to get laid, drives them crazy.

Before you suggest seeking professional help, really, fapping in the shower to the memory a random hookup in the past completely removes the need for a woman in my life now.
 
I'm male, older than 25 and have no intention to get married after dealing with the one who has to take care of my siblings and mother after my parents went through a divorce. No thanks I see no point in getting married. If two people want to be together they can be. Unless I want kids which right now I could not afford, there is no need to be married.
 
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