Is a happy life without romantic love possible? (dating, girlfriend, long-term)
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After some self-reflection, I realize I may be too selfish to ever be happy in a romantic long-term relationship. So I think it may be best for me not to have a long-term SO. Hopefully I can have a few flings or some FWB situations. So let's have it, do you think someone can have a happy life without a long-term romantic relationship?
Yes, but you will be old someday and lose that boyish charm...said tongue in cheek...and your looks will fade, or you'll lose your hair or develop a big beer belly. Then your only flings and FWB will be the spam bots from CL.
After some self-reflection, I realize I may be too selfish to ever be happy in a romantic long-term relationship. So I think it may be best for me not to have a long-term SO. Hopefully I can have a few flings or some FWB situations. So let's have it, do you think someone can have a happy life without a long-term romantic relationship?
You may someday want a relationship. However, until then you shouldn't be in one just to satisfy some type of social pressure. If you are as honest with your partners about what you want from them as you are on this forum, then you're not as selfish as you may think.
After some self-reflection, I realize I may be too selfish to ever be happy in a romantic long-term relationship. So I think it may be best for me not to have a long-term SO. Hopefully I can have a few flings or some FWB situations. So let's have it, do you think someone can have a happy life without a long-term romantic relationship?
Yes. I know some folks who are genuinely happy without partners. I am sure there are people who will allow FWB situations, but make sure you absolutely spell that out in the interem. It would be cruel to let someone think there is a potential relationship if you have no intention of that.
I think it is. I'd be quite content with just sex partners. When I'm old and I don't want sex anymore, I'll be perfectly content to be alone and just read, go on the computer and drink heavily.
Yes its very possible. Some people just prefer solitude than partnership and there's nothing wrong with that.
More accurately (with me anyway - everyone is different), I think serial dating is going about it all wrong. I enjoy being single but every now and again, someone comes along that changes all of that and those are the best relationships to be in. Just going from one person to the next will jade a lot of people over time. Most of my friends who are constantly looking for their next boy/girlfriend all seem miserable as witnessed by the constant "I'm tired of all of it" etc status updates on facebook. Yet, they never stop looking and just live their life.
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Yes its very possible. Some people just prefer solitude than partnership and there's nothing wrong with that.
More accurately (with me anyway - everyone is different), I think serial dating is going about it all wrong. I enjoy being single but every now and again, someone comes along that changes all of that and those are the best relationships to be in. Just going from one person to the next will jade a lot of people over time. Most of my friends who are constantly looking for their next boy/girlfriend all seem miserable as witnessed by the constant "I'm tired of all of it" etc status updates on facebook. Yet, they never stop looking and just live their life.
Maybe there's something to be said for true monogamy.
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