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01 Mar 2018, 10:47 am

The older I get the less I care about dating. I look at the pros and cons and the cons keep outweighing the pros. I see my friends having almost no freedom and doing all kinds of boring s**t.. I'd rather be alone.


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01 Mar 2018, 4:57 pm

Don't date a boring woman then. Or one who stifles your freedom.



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01 Mar 2018, 5:39 pm

That's OK! I know a dude who divorced his wife and lived happily ever after. His life has drastically improved, he's got time for traveling, partying and food. All the hedonistic stuff. And no, he's not a loser. He's a programmer.
Being single is so comfortable, after all. I can stay up late reading WP or watching YouTube videos about ants or mantidae; don't have to cake my skin with makeup; don't have to feign interest just to be polite; don't have to get out to some fancy expensive place just to stuff my belly and talk about how the day was.
I don't get other people so I'm not a dating material. That would be getting on each other's nerves and mutual inhibiting.
And yes, I'm kind and compassionate. That's why I leave people alone :lol:


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02 Mar 2018, 12:42 am

smudgedhorizon wrote:
That's OK! I know a dude who divorced his wife and lived happily ever after. His life has drastically improved, he's got time for traveling, partying and food. All the hedonistic stuff. And no, he's not a loser. He's a programmer.
Being single is so comfortable, after all. I can stay up late reading WP or watching YouTube videos about ants or mantidae; don't have to cake my skin with makeup; don't have to feign interest just to be polite; don't have to get out to some fancy expensive place just to stuff my belly and talk about how the day was.
I don't get other people so I'm not a dating material. That would be getting on each other's nerves and mutual inhibiting.
And yes, I'm kind and compassionate. That's why I leave people alone :lol:


Completely agree. Depending on who you are I guess, being single can be pretty damn awesome.



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02 Mar 2018, 9:36 am

I haven't cared about dating for a good while. Depressing though the thought of having no one to share my life with gets on occasion, I enjoy single life and strive to make the most of it. Besides, I'm finally studying my one true passion. I'd sooner focus on doing my studies honorably than wallowing in self-pity over lacking a significant other.


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02 Mar 2018, 10:52 am

Wish I could say the same. Anyone can burn themselves but it takes a real idiot to keep sticking his hand in the fire.



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04 Mar 2018, 5:23 am

I'm aLOT happier & better off within a realtionship than I am being single & am very happy to have my girlfriend. i never really done the dating thing thou despite having two girlfriends before her. I met all 3 of em online & things got heavy before we met up. I'm glad I skipped the dating thing because I take relationships very seriously & was wanting one person I could spend my life with instead of testing the waters by going out with a bunch of different women cuz I'm shy & more awkward around people I don't know & in environments I'm not super familiar with.


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04 Mar 2018, 12:17 pm

I'd rather be single and have money, freedom and be able to do what I want to do in life without being pressured than be in a relationship at this point in my life. If it came between being single and rich and in a relationship and having no money what so ever I'd choose being single. If the relationship didn't work out than what the heck would I be left with?

Sometimes I feel like I'm weird because I'm close to 25 and feel this way about relationships. I wouldn't say that it's weird. I would say that I'm being logical. Marriage isn't what I want. I don't care about marriage. I care about being able to support myself rather than supporting other people.

Then again, I'm not traditional in my beliefs. I believe that both women and men should be able to support themselves before they rely on marriage and dating to support them.


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04 Mar 2018, 7:42 pm

xxZeromancerlovexx wrote:
I'd rather be single and have money, freedom and be able to do what I want to do in life without being pressured than be in a relationship at this point in my life. If it came between being single and rich and in a relationship and having no money what so ever I'd choose being single. If the relationship didn't work out than what the heck would I be left with?

Sometimes I feel like I'm weird because I'm close to 25 and feel this way about relationships. I wouldn't say that it's weird. I would say that I'm being logical. Marriage isn't what I want. I don't care about marriage. I care about being able to support myself rather than supporting other people.

Then again, I'm not traditional in my beliefs. I believe that both women and men should be able to support themselves before they rely on marriage and dating to support them.

Why can't we have both? (<--Australian joke reference) I support myself when I'm single, when I'm dating, and when I'm in a relationship. If I was interested in marriage then I'd also support myself in that situation too.

Having a partner doesn't have to change those things, if both people are like-minded in their independence. I don't support the idea of marriage, but for those who enter into it for some of the practical benefits, they don't have to also automatically surrender their financial freedom if they don't wish to. Not in my country, anyway.



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04 Mar 2018, 7:51 pm

I gave up on the idea when I was 17 I knew it just wasn't going to happen that I was too abnormal and poor.



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04 Mar 2018, 7:59 pm

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I gave up on the idea when I was 17 I knew it just wasn't going to happen that I was too abnormal and poor.

Isn't nearly everyone poor at 17? And barely started dating? I only began at this age, and I'm guessing I dated poor people cos we were all, y'know, kids.



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04 Mar 2018, 8:01 pm

Everyone else was being given £30 a week by the government I wasn't.



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05 Mar 2018, 2:56 am

yellowtamarin wrote:
xxZeromancerlovexx wrote:
I'd rather be single and have money, freedom and be able to do what I want to do in life without being pressured than be in a relationship at this point in my life. If it came between being single and rich and in a relationship and having no money what so ever I'd choose being single. If the relationship didn't work out than what the heck would I be left with?

Sometimes I feel like I'm weird because I'm close to 25 and feel this way about relationships. I wouldn't say that it's weird. I would say that I'm being logical. Marriage isn't what I want. I don't care about marriage. I care about being able to support myself rather than supporting other people.

Then again, I'm not traditional in my beliefs. I believe that both women and men should be able to support themselves before they rely on marriage and dating to support them.

Why can't we have both? (<--Australian joke reference) I support myself when I'm single, when I'm dating, and when I'm in a relationship. If I was interested in marriage then I'd also support myself in that situation too.

Having a partner doesn't have to change those things, if both people are like-minded in their independence. I don't support the idea of marriage, but for those who enter into it for some of the practical benefits, they don't have to also automatically surrender their financial freedom if they don't wish to. Not in my country, anyway.


I support myself and won’t accept any kind of assistance, money or rides from women.
I wish more men would call women who accept such things mooches like men are. Maybe then we could have equality.

I dont know if I’ll ever date :(
But given my income long term relationships and marriage are impossible



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05 Mar 2018, 4:30 am

xxZeromancerlovexx wrote:
Then again, I'm not traditional in my beliefs. I believe that both women and men should be able to support themselves before they rely on marriage and dating to support them.

I agree, both should be able to support themselves, but a man should be able to support the family as well.



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05 Mar 2018, 4:32 am

Not I. I'm happy being single.



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05 Mar 2018, 11:09 am

I see my married friends doing things they don't want to do every weekend. I honestly feel lucky to be single.


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