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Posted on 05/21/2011 1:18:37 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
We all know this guy — or are this guy: in his 30s, affable, attractive, and yet he’s never been in a serious long-term relationship. And as his single status stretches into a third decade, one has to wonder: What’s the deal? Far from being undateable, this guy may simply not be ready to change his independent ways. Or, he may be all too willing to do so — but something’s blocking him. If you feel you may fall into the latter category (or know someone who does), stop worrying about what’s slowing you down and read on to learn about how five types of die-hard bachelors contribute to their perpetually single status and what steps to take to break the cycle.
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The article assumes things that are not facts. How about the fact that the vast majority of “women” are nothing but little girls and are not worth marrying?
“5 eligible guys who stay single...”
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Uh.... okay.
Women ideally should marry before 24. Men can afford to wait into their 30's.
Grahmnesty is a rump ranger. No mystery there.
Lookup MGTOW.
And don’t EVER forget the man’s rules for Age.
The woman should be half your age, plus 7...
I would never have had anything to do with a man like that.
There’s that.
And since most good male role models have been all but taken away by the media, hollywood, the schools, un-family welfare policies and no-fault divorce, many of today’s guys aren’t really great pickings either.
Compound it with the fact that as more people stay single longer, the more they get used to having things their own way. They’ve lived longer on their own, living the way they want to live and then they have to live with someone else who’s also lived longer on their own, living their own way - and neither of them has had to really change their way of living for anyone else. I think this would be more difficult as you get older and live on your own longer. Unless you find someone who lives almost the same as you do.
” I think this would be more difficult as you get older and live on your own longer. Unless you find someone who lives almost the same as you do.”
Not really. We got married in our 30’s and were two different people. Maturity means not being “stuck in your ways” such as to be too rigid as to accept another person in life.
I think a primary reason people get divorced is because they marry without knowing themselves first. Maturing first is extremely important in a marriage. Most people at 20 or 25 today don’t even know their favorite pizza yet they pick a wife or husband. The latest generations are so insecure and emotionally needy they practically walk around crying.
That’s what he gets for hanging around with McCain.
Too picky, waiting for a girl with a penis.
CHECK PLEASE!
You are assuming these people get married. Many people just live together in case things get too hard so they can bail out when things get real.
It is well documented the more people you sleep with/live together with before marriage, you are far, far more likely to end up divorced. Because your whole lifestyle you get used to being able to leave when stuff gets tough. You can always just find another person to sleep with, marriage isn’t really special it’s just living together with someone and you get a party, a piece of paper and some tax breaks.
This advice might have been relevant 20 or 30 years ago, but the facts of life today is that the reason that many young men are remaining unmarried today are the *same* reasons they used to have to get married.
Why? Because they are responsible, honorable, smart enough to project what the future holds, they are not libertines, and are kind to others.
Many young men know that beginning married life deeply in debt with student loans, both theirs and their spouses, is almost a guarantee that it will be more than a decade before they can even start at the beginning. Where there parents might have graduated with nothing, it was all uphill from there.
Also, while their parents were paid less, they could mortgage an affordable home, with at least some expectation they could pay off that loan someday. But today the exact same home has inflated some 400 or 500% in price.
Oh yes, and how much is it to raise a child to adulthood? A hundred thousand dollars? Three hundred?
i was in my early 30s and my husband was 36 when we married... we dated 5 months, got engaged, and got married in less than a year—16 years ago... i am so glad neither of us got married young... i always knew—from the time i was a little girl—that i would not get married young... two previous boyfriends had offered me engagement rings... i accepted neither... when i consider all my relationships before my husband, it would have been a mistake to have taken any of them all the way to marriage...
And then other guys try marriage a couple times.
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