Men prefer being solo over a bad marriage

Reuters via Yahoo News ^

[Hildy]

Although the title is stupid, I mean DUH....kind of interesting. I'm a middle-aged woman and I've seen enough to form the conclusion it must be very hard to be a man in today's dating world. Women are more difficult these days than ever before. They've been told now, from an early age, that their needs come first and that basically, men suck.

I think men are confused, as they should be. Too bad for everyone. When I was dating, I found it hard to meet that right guy. I found my soulmate in an older man...a different generation.

But here's the secret I tell my women friends when they ask me the secret to finding the right man for yourself. Women need to look very honestly (and that's hard for a woman to do) at themselves and assess what the top TWO most important thing she needs to be happy in life.

The older I get the more I see how downright selfish women can be...especially those who think they're not. We have unreal expectations and still, after all this time, a fairy tale image of what life should be and when life falls short, we take it out on the people we love. It's kinda sick, when you think about it.

[Arkansas Toothpick]

Reuters left off the number ONE accusation that is leveled at a middle aged man who is never been married.

Can anyone guess what that politically incorrect reason is?

[JamesP81]

Men prefer being solo over a bad marriage

In other news, scientists reveal that the sky is, in fact, blue.

[Red Badger]

# Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

# Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

[Polybius]

Reuters left off the number ONE accusation that is leveled at a middle aged man who is never been married. Can anyone guess what that politically incorrect reason is?

Ummm ... That they were smarter than the rest of us? ;-)

[KevinB]

There’s nothing worse than a really bad marriage and nothing better than a really good marriage. I should know because I’ve had both.

[CholeraJoe]

“Dear Lord, just let me find a woman who is a pain in the A$$ only 10% of the time and I’ll kiss her feet.”

[Hildy]

Is it a “gay” reason?

[LZ_Bayonet]

"But here's the secret I tell my women friends when they ask me the secret to finding the right man for yourself. Women need to look very honestly (and that's hard for a woman to do) at themselves and assess what the top TWO most important thing she needs to be happy in life."

This would be an even more interesting thread if female Freepers would post their "TOP TWO".

[xsmommy]

sorry, i’m taken : ) LOL!!!

[GeorgiaDawg32]

We have unreal expectations and still, after all this time, a fairy tale image of what life should be and when life falls short, we take it out on the people we love.

That sentence sums up my ex-wife pretty well..

[newheart]

Proverbs 21:9
Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging spouse. (The Message)

And I imagine it can work either way as many middle-aged women are opting for remaining single as well.

So, what exactly are the TWO most important things a woman needs to be happy in life? Inquiring men want to know. :-)

[ottbmare]

Here we go. Four thousand posts about How Awful Women Are.

[longtermmemmory]

scared?

hardly.

It seems men tend to do a cold hard cost benifit analysis and make a conclusion.

Scared implies they can overcome their fear of being in a bad marriage in order to be in a bad marriage. (ala fear of flying)

Right idea wrong execution for this stating the obvious concept.

They should have just said men don’t want to mary a b*tch or a nag.

[gridlock]

There is a glut of cheap milk on the market, so the price of cows is way, way down...

[trisham]

Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing number of eligible men were steering clear of marriage.

Weisman, 49, conducted a survey of 1,533 heterosexual men

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Not buying it.

[MEGoody]

The older I get the more I see how downright selfish women can be

Definitely. Of course, men can be that way too. It's a humanity thing.

[xsmommy]

i’d have to say my top two are: be considerate, and have a great sense of humor.

[Biblebelter]

Your comments were more insightful than what was contained in the article. I will throw in my two cents worth. I think women tend to make choices emotionally, which skews their choice in favor of wants rather than needs. They tend to make the same mistake again and again. Men on the other hand are probably more analytical and put needs above wants. And this article tends to underline that, by pointing out how many make very calculated decisions about relationships and that calcualation many times leads to remaining single. Women FEEL they are not making a mistake while men FEAR they might be making a mistake.

[Always Right]

Although the title is stupid, I mean DUH....kind of interesting. I'm a middle-aged woman and I've seen enough to form the conclusion it must be very hard to be a man in today's dating world. Women are more difficult these days than ever before. They've been told now, from an early age, that their needs come first and that basically, men suck.

And on top of that, in the Oprah-generation, people divorce when they no longer feel the magic.