Single people and their choice to be single

@ranger07 (555)
July 16, 2012 8:03pm CST
I am married but I was just wandering how many people choose to be single these days for whatever reason it may be? I know a lot of relationships do not last very long these days for some reason so I was just wandering if anyone chooses to stay single because of it?
7 responses
@jenyenh (205)
• Maldives
17 Jul 12
Being single is definitely a choice, although one of my bestfriend didnt chose to be single however she is still single. I have a couple of aunt who remained single by choice, some of them lose the hope of finding the right person and some already found them and lost. Whatever the case maybe I know some people prefer to be single due to work pressures - no time to do anything let alone getting married. They love their career more than being married.
@ranger07 (555)
17 Jul 12
I can understand that for sure. I do not blame them for putting their career before a relationship. It is hard to make it these days with a family.
@jenyenh (205)
• Maldives
17 Jul 12
Also as you grow up the management ladder, the pressure is harder. Most GM's I work with in the past are on their second wives or remained single. So, I guess choosing to be single is the right option for them at that time. :)
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
17 Jul 12
Being single isn't for everyone; in the same manner that marriage isn't for everyone. Single-hood/singleness for me is either by choice or by circumstances. That doesn't make them less of a person either way. I think it's a matter of how they spend their time as single persons that matters, as well as their attitude and outlook in life. Being single might not be always seen in a good way by most people because they always have this thinking that being single would mean you are alone and sad. Well, I think being single doesn't mean you are lonely. You can be married forever and yet you may have a very low social interaction. I know a lot of single people (my very own aunts to name some) who have a calendar full of activities than mine. But when I asked them why they never married, they told me that they have chosen to be single because they realized that marriage just isn't for them.
@ranger07 (555)
17 Jul 12
True. I do not blame some people for being or staying single.
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
20 Jul 12
I'm single by choice. I have had many proposals, but never considered saying yes to any of them. Heck no. If I had said yes, my whole life would have been different. I like my life as it is. I am happy.
@nyssa102 (748)
• United States
21 Jul 12
I am single, and for me, it was a choice I did because I really did not wish to care for another person in my life. The desire just was not there. As I did not feel that way, I felt it was not right to enter into a relationship, as it would be purely selfish. However, that was then. I have changed, and find that I would like to care for, listen to and make a nice home for the pair of us, whoever that may be. Basically, I wanted things to be authentic, and not just, 'hey, everyone is doing it, so it must be the thing to do'. Now, I feel the time is right. It's time to meet with another person and bond with them. But that is the reason I was happy to be single, was that I had no desire to marry. I still do not care for the idea of just 'getting' a husband. There has to be a strong degree of emotional bonding, or I'm not into it. I really want to bond with another person now, and be an asset to their life.
• India
20 Jul 12
The relations that does not last long are not true.
@Daisy_22 (1229)
• Philippines
22 Jul 12
Afraid of commitment and not ready to be hurt again is mainly the reason why I prefer to be single as of now.I know i don't want to be like this forever but i just need a little time to fix my broken heart.I also need to love myself again before i will love anybody else.I want that in my next relationship i won't feel pain again and that would be harmonious.
• Philippines
20 Jul 12
hi ranger, I am single for many years by now it's not this is what I wanted to be in fact I want to be in a relationship again but someone is not coming on my way. But I know in right time someone will come along happy mylotting