Do single men feel pressure to marry?
I was lamenting with a friend of mine about no longer being eligible to donate my eggs to infertile couples. For some random reason this bummed me out! Normal single women have biological clocks that inch them towards marriage. Yours truly? I want to cling to the option of donating eggs. I know, I’ve always been a little strange, but I digress.
My friend consoled me by saying I may not be the perfect candidate to donate eggs but I would still make a great wife. He said that as a man, even with the option to have children at a later age, he has felt pressure to become a husband.
Awesome compliment aside (thanks Greg!), what he said me wonder about pressure single men have about relationships and marriage. Is it the same kind of pressure society places on women (and our ovaries!) and how do men handle it?
When men see their friends and peers getting married, do they get the feeling as if they are being left behind?
Ladies, do you think that a man past a certain age that has remain unmarried is still marriage material?
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613 comments Add your comment
Purple Rain
September 29th, 2010
5:41 pm
SexyCool, I did not think PC mattered here.
Kym
September 29th, 2010
5:42 pm
@Sexy I know right..I am trying..to get better.
@ Purple that is crazy..
@Simple Man its cool I joke..I think it is healthy for men to watch porn
Kym
September 29th, 2010
5:44 pm
Let me re-phase that..I think men should watch a reasonable amount of porn..if you got porn on your laptop and playing 24/7 and cant sleep without watching Jenna or Pinky..then you might have problem.
Simple Man!!!!!
September 29th, 2010
5:46 pm
Kym, Do you watch Porn??
Purple Rain
September 29th, 2010
5:47 pm
Pinky
Simple Man!!!!!
September 29th, 2010
5:49 pm
Purp…Pinky is the one that trying to rap right???
Kym
September 29th, 2010
5:50 pm
@Simple I have watched porn from time to time.
Simple Man!!!!!
September 29th, 2010
5:51 pm
Hmmmmm. Define from time to time…:)
Purple Rain
September 29th, 2010
5:53 pm
I don’t know if she is trying to rap or not, but I know who she is. LOL
Kym
we can watch football and Porn. LOL
Kym
September 29th, 2010
6:03 pm
Time to time is more than once but less than a million.
Simple Man!!!!!
September 29th, 2010
6:13 pm
Good answer Kym….
Simple Man!!!!!
September 29th, 2010
6:42 pm
Turning off the lights…..
Jones Bradley
September 30th, 2010
3:58 am
Getting married is very hard nowadays! Certain points to be considered are the stable job as the main reason why family are fighting for. Its not so easy to find the one who can handle the situations. As recession continues then I don’t care about the peer pressures.
If you are happy for a being single man just like me, then no worries. Now if you feel like getting married is now in the right time, then go. Life is too short and you are the one who will make the vital decision.
In every country, there are traditions, cultures and religion engaged in getting married. Asian are mostly on prearranged marriage. And that refusing is not so easy since it may be putting your parents ashamed if you’re not following the rules.
Overall, it is always your decision. A perfect time in the right place will be more favorable.