My family member just started dating a 57 year old man who has never been married and has never had any children. He has never had a relationship longer than 5 years. He makes a good living and is not into drugs/alcohol.
Do you think there is something wrong with a man who is 57 and has never been married or had children? Don't you think there may be a reason why he is unmarried?
2006-11-03 06:55:19 · 35 answers · asked by PrettyWifey 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
Its called this is a free country and that was probably his choice. Perhaps he simply never found the right person until now. Why do you assume there is something wrong? I have an aunt who is in her 60's that has never married. I've known many people throughout my life who have never married. Marriage isnt for everyone. I am 42 and have never married and never had children. It was a personal decision that I do not regret. Everyone has the right , or as least should, be able to live their life, in their own way as they see fit without fear of being judged. Not everyone has chosen to live their lives to 'society's' standards.
2006-11-03 07:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by tmills883 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. There may have been a great love in his past that went wrong and he's never got over it. Perhaps he truly hasn't met the "right " woman. Mine aunt was 56 when she married for the first time. We are sure there was a young man that she was fond of who died during the war (she'd have been about 26) and after that she just never found a guy that was good enough. But when she did marry he was worth the wait.
2006-11-03 07:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can a judgement as broad as "is there something wrong with this person" be made exclusively on the fact he's never been married? Sounds to me like he's somewhat accomplished if he makes a good living and isn't into drugs/alcohol. So, he's at least shown commitment by working his way up in his career and makes healthy choices. You'll need to learn more about him. Maybe Mrs. Right just never came along.
2006-11-03 06:59:12 · answer #3 · answered by Baz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No that is just who he is. The right girl has probably not come along yet for him. Perhaps his expectations are too high or perhaps the girls he is dating don't fit the bill for him as a couple. He is probably very set in his ways as a single person too and it might be too much of an adjustment at this point in his life to share his home and life with someone else exclusively. I know a few single men and women who are over 40 and they have adapted to their singlehood and putting a significant other into the equation can sometimes rock their sensitivities.
2006-11-03 07:03:44 · answer #4 · answered by SunFun 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you think, just because someone 57, and never married, something is wrong with him. That is further from the truth, who said that everyone has to be married? What I do think is your family member was just contented, and had all of his needs met. and he is not married, because he did not want to!
2006-11-03 07:03:26 · answer #5 · answered by roseannetb@verizon.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh wow no there isn't anything wrong with him. I think thats what he had to do based on the circumstances cause i think if he found the right women then he might have wanted to get married well then again he could have found the right women but, that doesn't mean that he knew and reconized she was the one that he could really trust.
Atleast he is dating now. I know becing his family member you would have loved to see him living hte american dream so to speak. family, house, kids.
I wish him the best and hopes he finds the right young women to impregnat.
2006-11-03 07:01:37 · answer #6 · answered by Thebronx 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-21 05:12:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He must have some reason for never getting married. He may have lived with his mother who felt like she was the light of his life. He may have been afraid of a commitment.
2006-11-03 07:02:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps he just hasn't found the right person yet.
Or, possibly, he hasn't been interested in relationships until recently. Not everyone is always looking to be part of a couple. Plus, five years isn't bad for someone that everyone seems to be saying has a 'comittment problem'.
Plus, without being rude, is this really your concern?
2006-11-03 06:59:47 · answer #9 · answered by Jim 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he never found the right woman. Read the answers from divorced people--it's obviously better not to marry at all than to marry the wrong person.
2006-11-03 06:58:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋