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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the right partner is more important than being married for marriage sake. Bad marriages are miserable. [/quote]

I grew up inside a very bad marriage, and it formed my opinion about the institution. I also read Anna Karenina the summer I was 14 and that made me form the realization that it's not just my parents - it's a common phenomenon.

I am 55 this year and never married, spurned all the number of opportunities that presented themselves. Some of them were guys who posed more risks than benefits, but most were decent enough guys who would have filled the typical husband role and THAT was my problem - the whole BS of marriage where women do most of the heavy lifting and men complain about the ball and chain who doesn't put out enough.

Surely there are better ways to spend my one wild and precious life, I thought. It was a hard road at times and there was some pushback until I got old enough that people stopped asking.

I'm glad it is now becoming more socially acceptable for people to choose singledom. There are FAR more humans on the planet than necessary anyway, so folks who don't want to do the marriage and kids thing should be lauded not judged.

Being single is NEVER worse than being in a bad marriage/relationship.[/quote]

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