2006-10-27 12:54:07 · 8 answers · asked by JC L 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I don't know any married folk who do that. What circles do you walk in?
2006-10-27 13:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by mediocritis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm married and I never treat people that way. I don't really talk about my marriage, and I am happy. I have single friends. There are benefits to both. Marriage provides companionship, love and someone to share a life with and lean on. Being single can be fun too because you can come and go as you please. I was never in a rush to get married (dated 4 1/2 years before getting married at 28) and I seriously weighed the commitment of marriage over the freedom of singledom!
2006-10-27 12:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by GreenEyedSista 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes when our friend start getting married, we feel this, but mind you in a few years it reverses, when many of those getting married get divorced. I also found the same feeling when all my friend had there first child, and I couldn't. I dreamed about being in the baby's club. I must admit is was a silly phase, because rather than worrying, I should have enjoyed the time I had free, because once you have a child, you have a child forever.
2006-10-27 13:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by wen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother is one of those people who believes that you are less than a woman until you are a married one...she fails to see who I have become and what I have accomplised or anything good about me, the only thing she sees is that I'm not married. I cant really be mad at her because she thought less of herself until she was married. Unfortunately this is a complex that many people have and wishing them to get over it or understanding their point of view will waste a lot of your time...so dont even try. Know that you have to be a whole person before you will ever attract another whole person...and once you have built a life for yourself (not to say you havent) just speaking in general, to be proud of, celebrate that for a moment. Being independent and comfortable is just as great an accomplishment.
2006-10-27 12:59:04 · answer #4 · answered by shanstew 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think some married people think this way for a number of reasons. A few folks, for instance, see marriage as an adult developmental milestone, much like a baby learning to sit up or crawl. Hence when they see a single adult, they feel that he/she is less mature than one who is married. Other people may be so happily married that they literally cannot fathom enjoying singlehood, and so may pity unmarried people.
2006-10-27 13:07:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i disagree, being married myself we have a lot of single friends that we look up to. its not that we look down on single people i think its more that we are remembering what it was like to be single and it comes across as being rude. being married is great but sometimes u miss being single and having freedom and this makes u envious and often times rude and although i would never leave my husband and never want to be single again it is just an odd feeling of rememberance. hope this changes your view on married couples..
2006-10-27 13:06:06 · answer #6 · answered by amandas_mumma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree with the way you asked this, but I also think I get what you mean, and my answer is, it's almost exactly like older teens treating 12 and below different, "you haven't been there and so you are immature" kind of mentality. Am I warm? :)
2006-10-27 12:57:42 · answer #7 · answered by Life after 45 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's why many of them got married...to prove the society they deserve to be first class citizens
2006-10-27 12:57:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋