Logical Reasons Not To Marry
12-19-2011, 02:45 AM
Quote: (12-18-2011 06:37 PM)Pilgrim37 Wrote:
As you get older trawling the bars gets old,you won't have many if any friends similar age doing the same and it will be a lonely existence.
Marriage or shacking up together is just the next stage,if you're into somebody.
You can't go into every relationship thinking how badly it might turn out!
If you haven't sown your oats by 45 then you probably never will.
If I turn 45 without a girl and kids I'll feel I've wasted time.
It's the law of diminishing returns,when you're young you think it's going to last forever..It doesn't !
And if you're not careful you end up as that sad case in the supermarket buying that Christmas TV dinner for one!
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^^^ I know this might be an unpopular view to have on a sex/game forum, but I have to agree with what you said. You know what really brought this issue home to me in an emotional way? It's when I was watching the unfolding spectacle of those Chilean miners being rescued one by one. Every one of them had their teary-eyed wives and kids waiting for them at the top after being trapped underground for weeks. What could be better after such an ordeal than having your kids running up to jump in your arms? If that didn't bring home what it means to have a family, I don't know what would. I couldn't imagine anything more depressing than being the lone 45 year old bachelor
being rescued that has nobody waiting for him up top while all the other men are celebrating with their families.
I have to think that at a certain point in the future, the loneliness that comes from a life of endless one night stands will become harder to bear than losing the novelty of chasing new women. Maybe that realization will come to some guys at 25, for others maybe 55, but I think most guys at some point will decide that they've had their fun and they're ready for something more permanent in their life. Eventually, having to "play the game" perpetually is going to get tiring. At 35 I'm already now starting to feel my age at some bars and clubs. Can't imagine being there at 50. If you've had your fun and then found a great woman who takes good care of herself and would make a good mother, I think marriage is something to consider.
Also as Pilgrim said, the friendship issue comes into play. I have friends that are married and since they've gotten hitched, I'm not as close to them as we used to be. Not due to any avoidance, it's just a lifestyle difference. Whereas we used to go out hunting for girls in our mid 20s, now he's inviting me to his kid's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. I go because he's one of my best friends and I known the dude since I was in elementary school. I like his kids and I'm fully supportive of his family life. But while there, I'm surrounded by a sea of young families with small kids, and of course everyone is talking about their kids and family life and I just can't relate. As you get older, more and more of your friends are going to cross that line and you will have fewer people you can relate to. Maybe the exception is the rich, playboy bachelor always surrounded by young hotties like Hugh Hefner or Richard Branson, but needless to say, that lifestyle isn't realistically attainable for most men.