Why would some people choose to be single?

[the_bob_delusion]

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[georgiajake2010]

I have the right as a woman - to pick and choose. Not all women have that ability due to being ugly, old etc

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

Being in a relationship involves give and take.
Its an important ratio that some don't appreciate, can't manage or don't want.

[cherry*135]

How do children cope with 'revolving door' partners of their single parents?

Pick, choose, discard.. cycle goes on and on.

[georgiajake2010]

I am engaged to the most wonderful man in the world - he takes on my 3 year old as his own - we have the same views - we are a single person but unite as a couple. God you lot have had and still have bad relationships. It's 2013 not 1960

[cherry*135]

I was a toddler in 1960.. are you suggesting that is when most people on here got married?

LOL at the assumption about other people's marriages, you don't even know who is single and who isn't.

[georgiajake2010]

We'll AM - this is the first one she can recognise because she's older and we've been together for a year. Don't sit there and judge me from being in the First World War. Your parents had to feed you cows guts - the world is different now.

[cherry*135]

That doesn't even make sense. The new love doesn't seem to have made you a happier more functional member of society.

Back to my rocking chair now, oops using the internet, that wasn't available in 1960.

[the_hawk*]

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@am*3 wrote:

What does being 'independent' in a relationship mean to you Bob?

Can you be independent ( go out by yourself engaging in activities (sports etc), visiting friends etc when you feel like it, keep all your own income seperate apart from bills etc) in a relationship?

What is the point of being in a relationship if your main wish is to remain independent?

I am not suggesting couples have to spend every minute together and never be apart.

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Interesting question I do my own thing often, I go out most weeks atleast twice for a ride with mates and have done over night trips.
Then I have a couple of hobbies that I do.

My OH does her own thing and goes out on her own also and spends time visiting her sisters any time she wants.

Yet we are still there for each other

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[the_bob_delusion]

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@georgiajake2010 wrote:
I have the right as a woman - to pick and choose. Not all women have that ability due to being ugly, old etc

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 Interesting to say the least. 

[georgiajake2010]

Well that makes you a hell of a lot older than me. Please try not too look down on people that are actually living and breathing this society. Keep with your knitting and don't respond on my posts - how could YOU possibly understand.