The bottom line is, it is each individual's choice, and he has the freedom to decide and then pursue what makes him happy.
There are things about being single that are great, and I'd have a hard time giving them up. I love that I am going to watch 12 straight hours of basketball today and not have to hear shit. I love that I didn't have to go see 50 Shades of Gray. I love that I might sleep til noon and then play poker all day tomorrow, and won't have to get bitched at about it. I will blow an irresponsible amount of money next week and go to Nashville for the Hawks game, and the only dialogue I have to have about it is an internal one. I might go get Jim n Nick's take out brisket again tonight, for the second straight night - and I might eat it at 10pm in the living room with a hockey game on TV. Then I will shit with the bathroom door open while listening to loud music. I fucked one girl last week and it will probably be a different one next week (if I'm lucky). It's these things about being single that will make it very hard for me to settle back down.
However I will also be eating alone tonight...again. When I have a success at work or in my personal life, I experience it alone. When I struggle through grief, I don't really have anyone to lean on (friends and family are just not the same as a spouse). When I make goals and plans, I make them alone. I am probably getting a little too old to the point where I might never have children, and I would like to experience that in my life. All that is kind of sad.
The key to happiness is not to settle. If you can find a life partner that fits in with your goals, and allows you to at least experience the illusion of freedom; then you will probably be happy. If you cannot or do not find that person, then be comfortable enough in your own skin to be secure in your decision to stay single.
And why do I give a fuck what makes another guy happy? If he is all about being single and banging sluts, more power to him. If he wants to be a family man, right on. No one has ever tried to cram anything down my throat or tell me how to live; I'm sorry the OP appears to experience this on the regular. Maybe he needs some new friends...
There are things about being single that are great, and I'd have a hard time giving them up. I love that I am going to watch 12 straight hours of basketball today and not have to hear shit. I love that I didn't have to go see 50 Shades of Gray. I love that I might sleep til noon and then play poker all day tomorrow, and won't have to get bitched at about it. I will blow an irresponsible amount of money next week and go to Nashville for the Hawks game, and the only dialogue I have to have about it is an internal one. I might go get Jim n Nick's take out brisket again tonight, for the second straight night - and I might eat it at 10pm in the living room with a hockey game on TV. Then I will shit with the bathroom door open while listening to loud music. I fucked one girl last week and it will probably be a different one next week (if I'm lucky). It's these things about being single that will make it very hard for me to settle back down.
However I will also be eating alone tonight...again. When I have a success at work or in my personal life, I experience it alone. When I struggle through grief, I don't really have anyone to lean on (friends and family are just not the same as a spouse). When I make goals and plans, I make them alone. I am probably getting a little too old to the point where I might never have children, and I would like to experience that in my life. All that is kind of sad.
The key to happiness is not to settle. If you can find a life partner that fits in with your goals, and allows you to at least experience the illusion of freedom; then you will probably be happy. If you cannot or do not find that person, then be comfortable enough in your own skin to be secure in your decision to stay single.
And why do I give a fuck what makes another guy happy? If he is all about being single and banging sluts, more power to him. If he wants to be a family man, right on. No one has ever tried to cram anything down my throat or tell me how to live; I'm sorry the OP appears to experience this on the regular. Maybe he needs some new friends...
