When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
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I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.
Women are choosing to stay single rather than marry men who can't step up and provide.
Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others.
I don't see the point in marriage: if you make a commitment, you make a commitment. Fidelity is important to me; it's about honouring that commitment.
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
In a world of status, independence is key, because a primary means of establishing status is to tell others what to do, and taking orders is a marker of low status. Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.
It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.