i'm 32. should i be ashamed that i'm not married yet?

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Current Events » i'm 32. should i be ashamed that i'm not married yet?
Blastia
05/01/2024
10:40 AM
#1
or have a family?

i just feel like i'm supposed to. idk
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Doe
05/01/2024
10:41 AM
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Blastia
05/01/2024
10:42 AM
#4
Doe posted...
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that's the cutest fucking thing i've ever seen in my life
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Doe
05/01/2024
10:43 AM
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Spiderman23J
05/01/2024
10:43 AM
#6
Nah
buss on life
Kai_Laguna
05/01/2024
10:43 AM
#7
Blastia posted...
or have a family?

i just feel like i'm supposed to. idk
If it makes you feel better, I'm 41 and never been married.
maling2000ayam
05/01/2024
10:48 AM
#8
you shouldn't bring new lives into this world because people tell you to get married and have children
you're just going to make your children suffer
your right
PraetorXyn
05/01/2024
10:48 AM
#9
Ill be 38 in June and I dont have any relationship prospects whatsoever, so as long as you could get a relationship of some sort if you wanted to, Id say no.
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CE_gonna_CE
05/01/2024
10:50 AM
#10
Not one bit
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Blastia
05/01/2024
10:50 AM
#11
Kai_Laguna posted...
If it makes you feel better, I'm 41 and never been married.
do you ever feel bad about it though?
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Kaldrenthebold
05/01/2024
10:50 AM
#12
I got married at 31. My friend got married at 37 and just had his first kid at 40.

Your life is your life, don't compare it to others. Do what is best for you.
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Kai_Laguna
05/01/2024
10:53 AM
#13
Blastia posted...
do you ever feel bad about it though?
Not really, but after a particularly bad break up I was pretty much done with relationships for nearly 15 years.
kingdrake2
05/01/2024
10:59 AM
#14
37 myself...

what my cards dealt in life gives a very low likelihood of landing a woman in this lifetime.
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Westernwolf4
05/01/2024
11:01 AM
#16
Absolutely not.

I have been married for 25 years with two kids and that works for me. I have a twin brother who never even wants to think about marriage or kids. That works for him. And plenty of others are somewhere in between. It is all good.

I always respond to these kind of statements because my brother always worries that marriage and family is what he is supposed to do. According to who? People should care much less about outside pressure (from family, society, friends etc.) and more about what works for them. As long as people treat those around them with respect and care, doing what works for your life is all for the best.

TC, your choices are great as long as they work for you!
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Kai_Laguna
05/01/2024
11:03 AM
#17
ImAMarvel posted...
Are you dating or interested in dating?
I am dating now and have been seeing them for the last 5 years. But I didn't really miss dating during those previous 15 years.
ai123
05/01/2024
11:36 AM
#18
If it's bothering you, take steps.

If it isn't, don't worry about it.

32 isn't even old. It's about the average age for a guy's first marriage in the UK, though I believe it's younger in the US. Probably because of the greater prevalence of religious belief.
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reincarnator07
05/01/2024
12:32 PM
#19
No? Work on your own timeline rather than what randos think you "should" do.

If you measure your life by someone else's, you're always gonna be disappointed.
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Doe
05/01/2024
12:33 PM
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LtZim
05/01/2024
12:39 PM
#21
I'm 42 and have never been in a relationship
LeoRavus
05/01/2024
12:42 PM
#22
People stopped asking me if I'm getting married in my 30s.

I always hated those intrusive questions at family dinners and shit. Eventually you mature to a point where people respect you enough to shut the fuck up and mind their business.
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SpawnShadow
05/01/2024
12:44 PM
#23
If I tell you "no", maybe I can gaslight myself into not feeling so ashamed about myself, too.
Turbam
05/01/2024
12:44 PM
#24
Run your own race
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rexcrk
05/01/2024
12:45 PM
#26
Blastia posted...


i just feel like i'm supposed to. idk
Society needs to stop pushing this
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UndefeatedGOAT
05/01/2024
12:47 PM
#27
Some amount of shame is healthy
The_Korey
05/01/2024
12:53 PM
#28
Maybe if you actually decided that's what you wanted decades ago and have been trying and failing this whole time... and even then, that's a stretch. But no, you should absolutely not be ashamed of not making a big lifetime kommitment you don't even want.
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TheSuperSilver
05/01/2024
02:58 PM
#29
Let's see...

I married at 32
My older brother married at 35 and my younger brother also married at 32
In the last 2 years I've attended 4 weddings - everyone who married was over 30 (oldest was a 39/40 couple for their first marriage)
My brother-in-law is engaged - he and his fiance are 35
I'm going to France this August for another wedding - yep, the couple getting married is over 30
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Ratchetrockon
05/01/2024
03:34 PM
#30
Nope

Although in my early 20s many of my friends ages like 19 to 23 were getting married and all that (military environment) so I felt childish compared to them at the time haha.

But I later realized it is common to not be married that young!! I was just in a specific bubble at the time where it was common
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Trumpo
05/01/2024
03:35 PM
#31
No, it's normal
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FinalBraveNUT
05/01/2024
03:56 PM
#32
I'm 40! It's lovely but lonely sometimes but I got a daughter so
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Antiyonder
05/01/2024
03:58 PM
#35
Kai_Laguna posted...
If it makes you feel better, I'm 41 and never been married.

Same, but 42.
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BlueTigerLion
05/01/2024
04:00 PM
#36
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Cuticrusader09
05/01/2024
04:00 PM
#37
My husband was 44 when we got married.
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