Reply #68: I've been single all my adult life

[liberalhistorian]

and I've noticed that the older I get, the more people seem to comment. I think it's a lot better than it used to be, but it's still annoying as hell. People have the right to choose something as personal as whether or not they marry, without any interference from anyone else because IT'S NOT THEIR LIFE.

In my case, I just haven't met the right person yet; I'd consider marriage if I did. But I'm certainly not unhappy at all being single, and I think it's important to build a life and have a full life if you're single, and to recognize that no PERSON can make you happy, you have to do that for yourself. You have to be secure and content with yourself before you can have a successful relationship or marriage, that's a given.

So many divorces have happened because people married thinking they had to do so, or it was expected of them, etc., etc. without really waiting to see if it was the right person for them. And NO ONE should be stuck in a miserable marriage, that's hell on earth.