If you would have asked me this question earlier this year it would have been a no brainer thought.....No I don't want to get married and no I don't want to have children but now I'm torn....On one hand I don't want to get married or have children but on the other hand I see the bigger picture.
Honestly I love my freedom and I love waking up and doing exactly what I want to do every single day of my life. Most people can't say that but I literally can as a person who works for himself and haven't been in a relationship in 5 years, I haven't done ONE thing I didn't want to do in a long time. It's also given me power when dealing with women because I don't have shyt to lose.....If I had more money I can't imagine how crazy life would be with that same freedom. The possibilities are fukking endless...I'm never really bored right now because I constantly keep busy. I literally wake up when I want, work when I want, speak how I want, tweet how I want.......it's incredible. Now think about all the compromises you have to make at your job? Think about all the compromises you have to make in a relationship so you and your partner can be happy.........I for the most part don't have to make many of those.
I remember speaking with my shrink earlier this year about trading some of that freedom for more happiness.....and that's what marriage seems like to me. Gambling for more happiness with your freedom, among other things. As much as some of us on this boards are loners (I am, despite working in a social industry) I do think the majority of people would be happier with their ideal mate, unfortunately it's just not easy to find in this day and age.
It's one thing to not to want to be married or have children when your mother and father are still your alive, you still see your friends regularly, most of your social circle doesn't have kids, you're still going out partying, club/bar hopping regularly and it's not weird to show up dateless to certain social functions.........but when you're 50-60, your parents aren't around, you don't see your friends as much, I can see being single, married without children and family being lonely as fukk. That's simply the part I haven't figured out yet which makes marriage/having kids a real dilemma. Being Single now is easy, there are still plenty of people concerned for my well being.....I'm not sure many of us are truly prepared for what it means to be single when you're older, especially if you come from a small family. Aging alone is tough....It seems like your life would have to basically revolve around work/volunteering so you get some sort of human interaction.
The harsh reality is that both options suck.....
Who is the oldest single person without kids on this board? Can someone explain what that life is like, I'm curious.