Why would some people choose to be single?

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Why would some people choose to be single?


@am*3 wrote:

So they can do what they want when they want.


are you saying they can't do that being in a relationship?

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Why would some people choose to be single?

Try bringing home a boy/girlfriend.  That'd go over real big

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Why would some people choose to be single?

I think it is interesting that of all my divorced friends (of which there is a growing number) the men go into relationships as soon as they but the women mellow out and have no intention of going down that road again.

 

I think women are generally happy single. But men usually need a partner.

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Why would some people choose to be single?


@i-need-a-martini wrote:

I think it is interesting that of all my divorced friends (of which there is a growing number) the men go into relationships as soon as they but the women mellow out and have no intention of going down that road again.

 

I think women are generally happy single. But men usually need a partner.


Why's that?

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Why would some people choose to be single?

I think women are generally happy single. But men usually need a partner.

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Because of the two 'L's......lust and laundry

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Why would some people choose to be single?

Multitude of reasons that I can see.

 

Women get their emotional support from their friends wheras men rely on their partners.

Women are more self sufficient whereas men tend to need someone else to push them/confirm them.

 

I read and article a few years back that surveyed the status of divorced couples 5 years later. Most of the women were still single, financially worse off but much happier.

 

The men were usually onto their next partner (or 2 or 3), more financially secure but more stressed and unhappy than when they were married.

 

I read another study once that said that divorce was often the first time a woman experienced freedom as most women go from being dependent on their parents to then being dependent on their partners.

 

Whereas men are usually breaking away from their parents earlier so they have a window of complete freedom before they get married.

 

And women just cope better than men with being single.

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Why would some people choose to be single?

Yes yes yes

 

What martini said

 

yes yes yes

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Why would some people choose to be single?

I wouldn't be into the retraining bit either and what Martini said.

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Why would some people choose to be single?

Nev, in my case you arw absolutely correct.

 

I choose to be single because i csnt be bothere retrainng anyone let alone a partner

 

my life is less complicated, my time is my own, my decisions are based on what suits me, i dont have to do anything i would rather not for the sake of a partner...

 

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Why would some people choose to be single?

personally for me

 

i already got 3 kids why would i want another one lol

 

been single now for over 10 years

 

very happy i make all the descisions.i pay all bills myself.spend money when i want to lol

 

what i say goes.do what i want

 

i can sit and relax and enjoy myself

 

i only have to see to my own kids

 

just how i feel now im gonna enjoy my cuppa in peace and read a book

 

as my kids have all crashed out lol

 

tara

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