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[quote=Anonymous]Well, my situation is a little different because I was always on the fence about having kids.

But I am single and childless now at 46 and my only regret is all the stress I felt about trying to partner up in my twenties and thirties.

Yes, I would have preferred to be in a great marriage by now. But the truth is, many marriages aren’t that great. Some women get lucky but a lot wind up in unfair marriages where they not only work outside all the home but also manage most of the household tasks as well. Many of my married friends with kids seem exhausted and complainy and frustrated with their husbands.

You know who marriage tends to be good for? Men. Marriage is usually a very good deal for men these days. They get a wife who not only brings in income most of the time by also bears their children and does most of the work in raising them.

Yet society asks as if being a single and childless woman is tragic. It’s not. I think that narrative exists largely because some men want to stigmatize women who are single and childless because it makes other women feel like they need to buy into this system of marriage that is so good for men. And I think some married women like to put down single childless women in order to justify their often hellish and exhausting lives.

So basically I agree with the above poster that marriage is over rated. [/quote]

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