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Originally Posted by abagail44
My sister is one of those women who never wants to marry or have a long term boyfriend. Nothing wrong with that, I know a lot of women are like that these days. She defines herself as a career woman, which again, is fine, but she has dated in the past and they've all broken her heart, really badly.
So I think she's a bit scared of being hurt so that is why she no longer tries.
But please help me understand the reasoning behind women like my sister. Even at my work place, there are many women who are single in their 40s and don't ever want to marry , have kids, or a companion. They do a lot of traveling around the world with their other GFs, and just concentrate on career. But sometimes it makes me think if they've been also heart broken in the past and have given up or if there is some other reason for this lifestyle.
Please help me understand these type of people?
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there are many reasons why a gal may not want to marry. those reasons dont necessarily have to be negative ones. I never wanted to marry. my reasons for it was up until this past year in NY there was no such thing as two gals getting married. I expected to live my life single and was happy to do so. then recently NY passed the gay marriage law. My partner and I took that leap along with many others this past summer.
i know people who just are not interested in having the typical marriage and family life style. they are comfortable with how their life is. they dont want nor need the responsibility of a relationship, raising children and all that comes with it to make them selves happy. they arent materialistic where they absolutely need other people and objects to fulfill their happiness. One person I know from back home in the mountains lives way back in the woods, grows their own food, tends their own animals ... the life of a hermit kind of style just because they can.
America is an amazing place where people can choose what kind of life they want including whether they want to spend their life pleasing other people or living the typical spouse, two point 5 kids a dog and a cat and a 9-5 job or live the kind of life you want even if you want to live single, no kids, single with kids, single no job, single and a job with flexible hours. traveling ... gosh here in america *anything* is possible.