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1. what are your perceptions of someone who remains single beyond the age most people choose to marry?
2. would you be less or more likely to date someone who hasn't been married?
3. if you're single, and have experienced this firsthand, what have been your experiences?
2. would you be less or more likely to date someone who hasn't been married?
3. if you're single, and have experienced this firsthand, what have been your experiences?
1. I might question someone's decision at first (to myself) but I would pretty quickly arrive at the conclusion that they have their own story. It may not be their choice that they're not in a relationship, it may be. It's not mine to hear, unless they choose to share. Last of all, there's no magical age to beginning a relationship. Some of my friends are divorced, some are married, one or two live together, some are in relationships and others are now single. I'm 31 and in my first, and hopefully only, relationship. I was the last of my high school and uni friends to find myself in this position, but I'm totally okay with that.
2. Honestly, I'd more likely date someone who wasn't married.
3. I'm no longer single and I didn't have the same societal pressures I imagine women have from their loved ones and others but people would always be really surprised when I said I didn't have anyone and never had (even strangers felt sorry for me, it was weird). My relatives would sometimes ask but then that stopped fairly early on when there was nothing in the affirmative. Singleness isn't a disease. I don't know why society and sadly, often the Church, treat it like one. Singleness might be for a season, it may be for longer but it's not something to be fixed.
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