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Post by pnoopiepnats on Jul 14, 2006 6:54:08 GMT -5
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Post by MrNice on Jul 14, 2006 11:51:09 GMT -5
marriage is just another way to keep people occupied and under control
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Post by sj on Jul 14, 2006 16:32:35 GMT -5
All I know is this; trying to live in the UK as a single person, is, financially speaking, alot harder than it would be if you were married or with a long term partner.
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Post by theinfiniteabyss84 on Jul 14, 2006 23:09:08 GMT -5
"Singles are traveling, buying homes and doing everything they want to—you don’t have to get married anymore to live your life with style.” Well, you dont have to be married to "live your life with style" but it would be very nice share and experience life with whether it is having a boy/girlfriend of married. ~i.a.
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Post by HybridMoment on Jul 16, 2006 13:57:52 GMT -5
Most of that article just seemed like it was promoting their match.com dating site. Of course they don't want to people to think they are better off married or comitted to someone, because of the vested interests they have with that dating site. If people actually end up staying with one person then they will quit paying for their subscription to match.com
If people really are better off single, then they shouldn't have a singles search box right in the the middle of the article and an ad that says "help put an end to bachelorism" at the bottom.
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Post by reddragon on Jul 16, 2006 21:58:26 GMT -5
I guess the real question is Why are you Single?
If you are single by choice, then yes you probably are better off because that is what you desire. However is you are Single and that is not your preference, then that is when the problems start.
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Post by Bodhi on Jul 16, 2006 22:16:02 GMT -5
I guess the real question is Why are you Single? If you are single by choice, then yes you probably are better off because that is what you desire. However is you are Single and that is not your preference, then that is when the problems start. I question people that say they choose to be single and are happier that way. I think if the perfect person moved in next door and was available, they might have difficulty being happy just being single. I personally am not happy being single, I crave having a person to spend time with and share my life with.
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Post by reddragon on Jul 16, 2006 22:23:44 GMT -5
I personally am not happy being single, I crave having a person to spend time with and share my life with. me tooooo!
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Post by wagnerr on Jul 17, 2006 16:38:53 GMT -5
I personally am not happy being single, I crave having a person to spend time with and share my life with. me tooooo! Guys like us have it differently than others. We appreciate having gfs or bfs precisely because we don't have women falling all over us when we we walk to work in the morning. Likewise, married guys look at single men with envy because of their lesser stress and/or greater freedom from responsibility. Just another example of "The grass is greener on the other side."
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Post by Stranger on Jul 20, 2006 12:00:38 GMT -5
I question people that say they choose to be single and are happier that way. I think if the perfect person moved in next door and was available, they might have difficulty being happy just being single. Yeah, perfection would change everything, wouldn't it? I think these people just aren't quite so preoccupied with the whole thing. I for one used to be relatively happy about it all in my robot days; ignorant of my apparent lack of mushy emotions. I usually have other stuff on my mind so I don't even think about it, and when it does occur to me I guess the whole concept of me hooking up with someone is so bizarre and abstract it just doesn't stick. I have my moments now, but overall I still think I'm happier single. I may eventually click with someone, but it'd almost certainly have to be someone I already knew pretty well. I just find the whole "put yourself through agony for probably nothing, but ever-so-slightly-maybe bliss" idea too unappealing.
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Post by nameswastespace on Jul 21, 2006 10:02:58 GMT -5
I think everyone's better off single until they've learnt how to be happy on their own. If you can't be happy on your own, then you'll constantly be dependent on someone else to make you happy, and I don't think that's any kind of basis for a good relationship. More to the point, I don't think that's any kind of basis for a good life.
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Post by MrNice on Jul 21, 2006 10:25:34 GMT -5
what do you mean? why do you need to put yourself through agony?
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Post by pnoopiepnats on Jul 21, 2006 16:39:41 GMT -5
Likewise, married guys look at single men with envy because of their lesser stress and/or greater freedom from responsibility. Just another example of "The grass is greener on the other side." Well that is because marriage sucks! It ruins perfectly good relationships
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Post by phoenixferret on Jul 21, 2006 16:47:38 GMT -5
Likewise, married guys look at single men with envy because of their lesser stress and/or greater freedom from responsibility. Just another example of "The grass is greener on the other side." Well that is because marriage sucks! It ruins perfectly good relationships How many times have you been married?
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Post by pnoopiepnats on Jul 21, 2006 16:53:48 GMT -5
Really how many people do you know who are truly happy in their marriage?
Seems like many spend more time on planning the wedding than planning the marriage and then after the I dos are said, people change and they think they don't have to do for their partner anymore.
You hear the complaints, but after they got married he/she changed.
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