I’ve become addicted to Reddit /r/relationships. Some of those situations will remind you all over again that being “alone” is better than putting up with people who cheat on you, abuse you, hurt your pets, treat you like a servant, etc., etc.

I have rheumatoid arthritis, and oh man, I love unsolicited medical advise from randos! Always so helpful!

It’s just people mashing their germy trout faces together.

People put you in a different category. You got married it just didn’t work out.

That’s a nice story and I’m glad it worked for you but your basically saying the same thing as the people at the dinner party .... if you just try hard enough in just the right way you will get what you want. But it doesn’t always work that way. Life is unfair.

I’d go right ahead and comment on the keeping-up-marketable-skills thing, because it’s a very important aspect of life and so true. Those married people could find themselves suddenly single at any moment.

I’ve tried the hell out of this “self care, follow your passions, help other people” thing. Over the past year or so, I’ve written a novel, started painting, volunteered for the ACLU and an organization that helps immigrants, joined the board of a nonprofit, retrained an ex-racehorse, joined a gym and learned basic…

I mentioned elsewhere on the thread that I’ve definitely seen friends lower their standards over the years. One of my old friends married a guy who got a degree in a high-paying field but he decided he “didn’t want to work in an office.” So for years she was the primary breadwinner and the primary caretaker for their…

Several of my male colleagues are always complaining about how hard the travel is, and how much work it is. Almost every single one of them has a wife at home who cares for their kids, goes to the grocery store and keeps the fridge stocked, does their laundry, and even help pack their suitcases.

Well, here is something for you eternal optimists: my 54-year-old boss, the CFO of a major organization, just got engaged a couple of weeks ago to an attorney who is the same age. It’s the first marriage for both.

I’ve recently discovered that if I do start dating and looking for a serious long term partner again, one of my firm criteria is going to be he has to be able to consider himself to be in a committed serious legit relationship with someone....except we don’t physically live together, or at least won’t even contemplate…