I never thought any different than getting married and having children. It was just something that I knew that I would do. However, some people do not have this same perspective on life.
I have a couple of friends that are not married and they are nowhere near marriage in the future. Neither one dates and they both are living their lives single and happy (at least they say that they are).
Both women are often set-up or encouraged to date someone. However, they both seem content with their career and being by themselves. Neither woman is living a wild single life. They are both very grounded. While they both have married friends that involve them in their lives, I cannot help but think that at times they too must wish that they had a life partner.
In this article, I decided to examine the life of a person that never marries and outline what I feel would be the pros and cons.
The Pros of Remaining Single (in my opinion)
When single you can live life for yourself. You can chase all of your wild dreams. You can go to the places that you have always wanted to go. When single you can live by your own schedule. If you feel like eating peanut butter and crackers for supper, you can.
The Cons of Remaining Single
If you stay single, you miss out on the feeling of a true love. While you may have close friends that care about you, you do not have a person to share your intimate thoughts and feelings with. When you are single, you do not have someone waiting to see you, to laugh with, to cry with, to have children with.
I love being married. However, I think that at some point in time, we all wish that we had the life that we do not have. When married we think of how it might feel to be single again just for a day. When we are single, we think of how it would be to share our life with another.
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