[Nascimento]

(07-06-2015 05:27 PM)carolinasmash Wrote:  

I'm in my early 30's and most of my friends are married and many with kids. I was always a solo guy though, even in clubs, I find it very hard to pull when I'm with other men. What I do many times is I'll do like a double date or something along those lines with those friends. That way I kill two birds with one stone. Only problem I have with this though is some of my friends wives hate that I won't commit, even some of my male friends have jumped on my case saying if I don't settle down I'm going to regret it when I'm in my 50's ect... one wife even blew me up on a date once letting the girl I was with know in the bathroom that I was seeing other girls. needless to say I won't do that again.

The Lonely Old Man Myth.

They want you to settle to reinforce their choices. They secretly envy your freedom, because you can choose to settle, or not--and if you do, it's whenever you choose to.

Hell I'm just shy of turning 22 and I'm starting to hear subtle suggestions of finding a serious girlfriend because being single is a 'shame.'