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View Poll Results: When did you decide to settle down with a woman?
Early 20s-mid 20s 6 28.57%
Late 20s-early 30s 4 19.05%
Mid 30s-late 30s 4 19.05%
40s 0 0%
Never 7 33.33%
Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-14-2015, 10:11 AM
 
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I mean find a serious girlfriend (as opposed to going out all the time and hooking up with different women) and possibly get married.
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Old 06-14-2015, 10:21 AM
 
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It happened pretty naturally with me once I met a women worth settling down for.
I before that I was of the "never going to settle" way of thought.

We both wanted things that requires stability. I was in my late 20's

I had had serious/committed relationships before her, but honestly was not ready for them.

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Old 06-14-2015, 10:52 AM
 
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
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It wasn't really like that...

I find it strange that people decide to "settle down" with a woman before they've even met her.
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Old 06-14-2015, 10:54 AM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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I voted never. I'm 27, no interest in marriage and DEFINITELY not interested in children.
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Old 06-14-2015, 10:55 AM
 
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It wasn't really like that...

I find it strange that people decide to "settle down" with a woman before they've even met her.
I've known guys that one day just realized "oh wow I'm tired of going bar hopping looking for girls. I just want someone I can share my life with that has common interests."
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Old 06-14-2015, 11:00 AM
 
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I voted never. I'm 27, no interest in marriage and DEFINITELY not interested in children.
Settling down doesn't nessarily invovle marriage or children.
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Old 06-14-2015, 11:04 AM
 
Location: The point of no return, er, NorCal
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For my husband, there was never a situation where he thought "I think I'm ready to settle down." No particular time or point in this life... until we met. He didn't really think about marriage before we met. He wasn't sure he'd ever get married or have kids.

He was 35 when we met/married, and 36 when we had our daughter (his first).
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Old 06-14-2015, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Denver and Boston
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I mean find a serious girlfriend (as opposed to going out all the time and hooking up with different women) and possibly get married.
classic. Am I to assume this question is directed only to the 20% or less of men whose life experience in their 20s was going out all the time and hooking up with women?
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Old 06-14-2015, 11:27 AM
 
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
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I've known guys that one day just realized "oh wow I'm tired of going bar hopping looking for girls. I just want someone I can share my life with that has common interests."

I have always been annoyed by the bar scene women.

When I went to bars, I almost NEVER talked to women. I was concerned with taking whiskey shots with my buddies.

While not all women at bars are stupid, the ones who are going to the bars to meet some dude to sleep with.. most likely are. The last thing on my mind is to go out, talk to some woman who couldn't find Brasil on the map, try to act like I'm interested in her stupid stories and references to the Kardashians.

Yeah.... going to the bar is fun for me if I want to hang out with my buddies and catch up.. but bar scene for singles/hookups? I'll stay far far away.
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Old 06-14-2015, 11:29 AM
 
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Settling down to me means giving up my status as a free man. Before I go further, free man does not mean staying single or unattached. Being a free man means not being subjugated under the corporate/government complex. A free man can still have serious relationships or a marriage because those scenarios demonstrate commitment to another human being and can be fulfilled without subjugation under the corporate/government complex.

I voted never because settling down implies having a family, which in most cases requires indentured servitude/slavery to the corporate/government complex to support the family in the Euro-American way of life.
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