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Some guys, maybe - I was married once....I was married for almost as long as I was in the Marine Corps (I was in for 8 years...)!!! I have no fear of being married - marriage was cool. I just wonder why women feel this need to "be married".
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Lloyd, I guess I'm that oddball woman who doesn't feel a need or urge or rush or urgency to be married. In fact, until recently I would not even entertain the notion! Through my 20s I was one independent sonofagun. Now that I've hit 30, I've felt things change a bit and I'm more ready for it.
I'm still an independent sonufagun.
I've been dating my boyfriend for exactly 4 years, and you know what? HE'S the one all ready to get married! The first couple of years, I was of the "hell no, not yet" persuasion, now things are slowly changing. Guess it takes me a while to get warmed up.
We are just now starting to have serious talks about marriage - one of which we've barely gotten into (and probably should have by now, but better later than never in this case) - that being the fact that I do not want children. At least not at this point in time - things do change, but right now - absolutely no interest whatsoever.
I hope and pray that is not a dealbreaker for him. But I am standing my ground - yes, marriage is starting to sound pretty cool, but not at the expense of my happiness if I were to succumb to pressure for kids. I think he'll be cool. Now his mother, that's another story...
In any event. No pressure here. I take life as it comes and let things happen naturally. No need to rush, I've got more than enough life ahead of me at this point.
Sarah