Long periods of time, either she's lonely or desperate? Do men ever think some women want to be single and not deal with the headache of dating?
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+1 yBecause society has conditioned people [men and women] to assume if a woman is single for a long period of time, something is wrong with her. The longer a woman is single, especially the older you get, the more people tend to judge or look down on her.
I'm approaching nearly 14 years of being single (and yes, I'm quite happy before anyone says anything!) People assume I'm in a relationship or married due to my age. So of course when I tell them I'm single, they instantly assume something's wrong with me, or worry if I don't find anyone soon I'll be "single the rest of my life," not have kids, etc...
(Jokes on them, I don't want kids so I'm good either way).
Note how this issue mostly applies to women. If a man is single for a long period of time, he's praised as a "bachelor," and not looked down as much as females are. Double standards at its finest.
Personally I don't care what people think about me at this point in my life. When you've been single for a long period of time, you get so comfortable being alone, you don't stress over relationships or dating anymore. Hell, I'm more miserable trying to date and find someone than when I'm single if that tells you how bad dating is nowadays! Why ruin my happiness over what others think about me?
I don't instantly judge or assume a men is broken, a cheater, or has underlying issues when I find out he's single. So why is it a problem when a female is single? It shouldn't be that way.
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I don't know about you but society had the opposite. We men get shamed and women get praised for being single
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@Asad1ONE1; @chicosuave Really? At least where I'm from, it's the opposite! Perhaps it's a demographic/location thing? Now the internet and social media? I don't know; I try to distance myself as much as possible from that nonsense as it's... well toxic. But now you both have me curious on this subject and how single men are portrayed compared to single women.
Again, I'm speaking from my perspective and women I've come across, so I'm sure there are different insights on the matter. But trust me when I say women get shamed for being single too... more than you would think. - +1 y
www.psychologytoday.com/.../5-reasons-why-so-many-women-love-living-alone
And with many news sources like these and women's lies on the web, that is why men avoid women like the plague these days. - +1 y
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Not only men but also women thinks this for most part, while I don't feel a woman had to be lonely when she's loving her single life for a long time (my aunt after divorce found her comfort in no-husband life {more than 15 years ago} while my uncle was the one who married 3 times this year before meeting a good woman, [they're both in their sixties])
Personally, I find there's fun in single life and while I don't want biological kids (wants to adopt no matter what) I don't think I can handle my life without getting married and finding companionship out of it00 Reply
My comment is a little off topic. by the way dating isn't a headache for everyone.
Personally, after doing some thinking, I don't believe someone being desperate for me is a negative.
My reasoning is because desperation is nothing but a strong desire.
I don't want someone who doesn't have a strong desire for me.
Generally speaking, nothing is wrong with having a strong desire for love.
Why do we generally think desperation is so bad?
It's perfectly normal to want love, companionship, and sex.
Why do people get brownie points for having a lessened desire?
Are those not the people who don't want us or a relationship in general?
So even if someone is single and lonely and desperate that isn't a bad thing or a unworthy thing. @cth2188
As far as your question, it is because those men don't think.
Most people don't.02 Reply- +1 y
Idc about relationships or finding love too many people domt even know what love is nor wants it
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Don't love shouldn't be that complicated and its modern , oversexualized , and toxic I pass
1.4K opinions shared on Dating topic. umm... they think the same way about men too except there's no such thing as a "strong independent man" only "creeps, weirdos, incels, losers" etc.
it doesn't matter if the dude has been grinding and busting his ass for years to become financially stable enough to support a family.
it doesn't matter if the dude was a late bloomer and only just starting to shed his youth and gain more masculine looking features.
the harsh truth is women have a short window of opportunity to make the best choices in her life based on her god given attributes that would give her the best future. so when a woman happens to be single (past a certain age) it is assumed she made poor choices in her life that could drag any man she's potentially with. that being said, the negative connotations for a single man is far worse than that of a single woman.
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1.2K opinions shared on Dating topic. I feel like women actually think this about single men much more than single women. If a man who is single says something a woman doesn't like, she will chalk it up to him being single and lonely. Plus single men are hit with all the masturbation jokes the most.
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+1 yIt depends on the woman. Some people are judgmental. I don’t give that stuff much thought. Unless I know her well. It isn’t my business
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+1 yYes. I am single not because I am unable to get a girlfriend/wife, but because I prefer to be single so I can enjoy My life. Plus, I have serious trust issues, I am unable to trust any women (extremely bad past experiences). So yes, if women is single and doesn't want to be in relationship, I can FULLY understand why. Most 95% men and women SUCK!!!
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Try to date woman as a man. It is like an interview for a high paying job. Most girls know more about cars than I do lol.
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Believe me when I'm telling you, I know EXACTLY what you mean. but it is not the guys fault. The fault goes to porn, cartoons, movies and extremely crappy PARENTING. Women have been turned into a sex objects and nothing more, why? because of porn, over-sexualized cartoons during the young age and movies during the older age and Parents who lost all the faith and fear of God. That being said, I cannot give all the blame to guys, just look at how girls are dressing things days. Yoga pants, mini skirts, basically they are walking necked in front of red blooded men.
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Crh2199 I am a hardcore Christian, Incubus and Succubus are not your friends, those spirits are even worse than humans who are trying to take advantage of you. I've dealt with them myself and I HATE them, because they are taking something from your physical self and transferring it into a spiritual realm. Never forget, we will die one day, it is inevitable and you don't want to become a slave to one of those sexual lustful demonic spirits, because they hate humans with pure hateful passion.
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To tell you the truth Religion is a bad word and it gives people who really believe in Jesus Christ a bad name. I'm just having a personal relationship with Christ. I don't go to church, because they are corrupt beyond your wildest imagination and a so called christians are more racist, disobedient to God's word and hateful toward other people than Satan himself, plus they are placing more faith into a living man than an eternal God. Anyways, I do see that you have a good hearted spirit and your intentions are pure, but since I am a corrupt like any other human being and competitive person in nature, I do would like to say that I have been celibacy for 10 years 😁.
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+1 yIt is a way for men to justify their entitlement to access to women. So if a man feels entitled to me as a single woman, and thinks I should go out with him, and I tell him no then because of his entitlement he would get mad right, he would want to blame me for it. However, if I'm not lonely or eager for a relationship he can't blame me. If I am lonely he can think that he's doing me a favor by asking me to be with him, and not accepting his altruistic offer now makes me a bad woman.
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@CubsterShura To be fair if you say no there's only you to blame.
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@Vegasrunner if you get angry over a rejection it's not my fault.
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@CubsterShura What did he do to make you think he was angry?
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@Cth2188 Yo may be the first person who has ever said women are less stress
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@Vegasrunner.. I'm use to women 💯
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@Vegasrunner uhh call me a maga bitch?
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@cth2188 I agree w/ you on that point. There's really no benifit for for men to get married. When you ask women what they bring to the table they can only mention things that benifit them. Also women tend to lose value w/ age so the pressure is on them to find someone.
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@cth2188 So am I
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@CubsterShura No clue what you're talking about are you sure you tagged the right person?
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@Vegasrunner you asked me how do I know he is angry and I answered. Being called a bitch is a pretty fair way of knowing dude is mad lmao that's like the #1 reaction if a guy cannot handle a rejection
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@CubsterShura He could just be being accurate. Is he the only person that's ever called you a bitch?
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@Vegasrunner no he could not if the only ever interaction we had was him asking me to date him and me saying no.
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@CubsterShura Not sure what you're talking about I asked if he was the only person to ever call you a bitch?
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@Vegasrunner of course not lmao I'm twenty fucking one, who lives that long being called a bitch only once?
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@CubsterShura Plenty of people I've lived twice that long and no one has ever called me a bitch, at least not to my face. Perhaps that's just how people view you.
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@Vegasrunner you're a guy, and quite a dense one.
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@CubsterShura Yes I am a man TY for pointing out the obvious. However I'm not quite sure what that has to do w/ how people perceive you.
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@Vegasrunner I don't know how the action of a few butthurt men represents how people perceive me as a whole.
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@CubsterShura Partly because the "butthurt" part is your interpretation of why they perceive you as a bitch. A lot of women like to use shaming language as a way to deflect responsibility from their actions. What's more telling to me is the fact that multiple people perceive you like this. Typically there's three sides to the story I would be interpretation in hearing theirs.
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@cth2188 Tecnically you don't need a man to reproduce but men could survive a lot longer w/out women vs vice-versa. Reality is what a women brings to the table should be a crucial part of men deciding to spend thrir time w/ them. If a women wants to stay single or is a lesbian she should have that right however outside of sex most women don't offer any real value to men, which it is why I tell men to be extremely selective of women during the vetting process.
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@cth2188 The fact that you feel "sad" about this proves my point. It's you that has the emotional attachment to needing to be w/ someone men don't feel anything about this. In fact most men are pretty content with being alone, that's why we kick women out after sex. Women however wouldn't be able to do much w/out men. Think about if you were getting attacked on the street by a man, and an unarmed woman came to your rescue would you feel safe?
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@ctg2188 Wanting to know what value someone who receives your time is toxic? So are you saying you give your time to anyone who ask for it?
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I only deal with women @Vegasrunner pretaning to the situation it is sad between men and women
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@cth2188 You said that b4. My point is that you're feeling sad about a situation that doesn't even involve you. Imagine how emotional heterosexual women are. Meanwhile most men don't really have time to care about things like this.
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@cth2188 Yes I know, that's my point. You said you feel sad about the situation pertaining men and women and you're not even evolved. Imagine how sad a heterosexual woman must feel. I'm not sure what you're sad about but this shows how much women make decisions based on emotion. Men don't really have the time to get caught up the emotional part.
+1 yThat's odd. If she's good looking, I usually hear that she's asserting her independence. If ugly, I hear she's a cat lady.
If a man is single for a long time, he gets attacked by trolls whenever he tries to make a difference regarding anything that matters. Basically, if he expresses anger or discontent over anything that doesn't add up, the trolls look at his relationship status first.
If he's in any sort of relationship, he's assumed to be a beater.
If he's single, even if content, he gets branded an "incel."
The topic doesn't even have to be about sex.
00 Reply459 opinions shared on Dating topic. It depends really. If you are alone for sometime then yes you will be lonely. However, that doesn't mean you will need someone.
I am a loner most of my life and yes there are times where you want to share with someone. A song you think someone would like just like you. It's not to the point that you need someone.
Women is a little bit different. Men tend get more attractive as they mature while women get less attractive as they mature.
In general, women peak their attractiveness beginning their early 19 then slowly lose it until their 30s where they accelerate.
Men tend to start out pretty much "dime a dozen" but they get better over time and tend to peak at around 50s where maturity, wisdom and wealth all converge.
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+1 yIt's not about the single duration so much as age. After 30-35 the youthful beautiful starts to fade and the attention garnered in their 20s is not but a distant memory.
Many women cope with this change by either blaming men, being self delusional (I love being alone, I don't want all that attention and adoration I got in my 20s).
In rare instances this isn't the case, but looks don't return with age and statistically women more often then not are extremely lonely and depressed by mid 30s and beyond if not part of a family unit.15 Reply- +1 y
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+1 yIt’s difficult to think that women choose to be single long term; probably because of very old stereotypes. It’s also possible that because most men experience a very different kind of loneliness than most women that it’s hard for some to understand why a woman would choose it.
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+1 yWhat do you have to offer to a man?
- A family? No
- Youth? No
- Sex? No
- Support? No
- An easygoing attitude? No
- Culture? No
- Educated choices? No

If this is a better candidate, you have a problem 05 Reply- +1 y
Dating women less headache? Are you sure?
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+1 yI don't want to deal with it either so I'd stay single if my status changed.
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Anonymous(36-45)+1 yHow is it that soo many women and men in western cultures come to find relationships and even dating such headaches?
Where is all the love, tolerance, and ethics of pair bonding and mating indispensable to the viability of any population?013 Reply
Opinion Owner+1 yEither your only looking at men who have no reason to value you (too many other options) or your standards are too high for the market it is.
Could you explain your reasoning why even thou you can get around both issue. You have instead of adapting to what is, decided the requirements of a relationship with any man outweighs all the benefit?
Opinion Owner+1 yHow exactly should a man treat a woman to be worthy in your opinion?
Opinion Owner+1 y@cth2188 Once again The only reason a man would not so value a woman is if your talking to the minority of men who have every other woman waiting in line for him. 80% of men have little choice but to value women and are willing to so treat them. Thus the question is only whether or not they know how to do so in a way you regard as "respect, care , dignify, and understanding".
Some of theses qualifications are not merely subjective but like understanding require experience as a woman or with a woman to have. Thus you cannot expect a man to have.
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+1 yI don’t think anything I was single 17 years before my last girlfriend. I dated here and there but wasn’t involved. People do whatever and it doesn’t leaving me wondering “why” or assume and reasons or feeling she has. Life happens.
10 Reply 673 opinions shared on Dating topic. My brother's ex girlfriend sister is single (late 20's) and she's only had one boyfriend who she shares a 5 year old boy with. I don't see her as lonely or desperate for a man. I myself am single cause I choose to be single. I don't feel lonely or desperate for a woman. Now if I was in my 20's then it would be a different story but as I gotten older, I just don't want a girlfriend and enjoy the single life.
00 Reply547 opinions shared on Dating topic. There are many reasons why a female is single along many reasons a male is single. some people are single by choice to pursue their goals, education etc. where this question is not very black and white everyone has a reason for what and why they do what they do but it shouldn't be something for someone to immediately pass judgement. just saying
00 Replydon't you find it funny how people love talking shit about single women but never about a single man?
its something called "patriarchy"
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"Never about a single man?" Seriously? This must be your first day on G@G then because I have often seen insults by women against single men on here. Often when a man doesn't want to date someone she calls him an incel (I never seen that term anywhere before being on this site) or insults him in some other way.
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@HighValue
The same way men on here shame women for not wanting to have kids. You don't see the same hatred against men who don't want to have kids.
Its all patriarchy
+1 yNo you assume men think that way because that is really how most women view men who have been single for long stretches at a time.
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Long time single men are much more likely to be harshly judged by women as lacking, weird, creepy or even “gay”. If a woman is single it’s usually an voluntary decision.
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+1 yno its the opposite. when women think of girls who are single for a long time it means she is either very picky or just doesn't want to be in a relationship. sometimes it can be that she might not be emotionally ready.
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Typo men
Obviously I'm painting with a really broad brush here, but a lot of that happens because of how women in that position tend to act. Men think they're desperate because of how the women act.
011 ReplyBecause in vast majority of cases it's true, and asking those questions, I doubt that you happy.
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+1 yA “single” woman will still be having sex (randomly) therefore there is no real need for her to be “tied down” until she finds a guy she thinks is worth it.
A single man is truly single. Sex is not common or easy to obtain.
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I know I couldn't do it if i was single, the idea of sleeping with someone I'm in relationship with grosses me out. Like have no idea who you are and where you've been. I too would remain celibate if that was the case. Sex is nice to have but it's not the end all for living a happy life.. I've gone many months without it and if I wasn't married and still single, I could do it again before sleeping with some random man who won't be around long.. ehh
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Meant to say I'm not in a relationship with.
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Exactly @BlueScorpio I've been celibate 8 years and sex is the least of my worries
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+1 ySure, same reason why I don’t feel like dealing with girls today because of the negativity, expectations, mood swings, rejections. Can’t bother. Society today is fucked in the head, selfish, immature and stubborn.
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+1 yI can totally understand why a woman wouldn't want to be dating. It is all personal preference.
00 Reply 3.1K opinions shared on Dating topic. We don't think that. We know that she will never be happy with her astronomical standards and that she can get on instagram and facebook all the attention her female brain requires, without having to give anything in return.
00 Reply2.3K opinions shared on Dating topic. That is what most women think when a man is single. And men have much less stress when single than when in a relationship most of the time.
00 Reply850 opinions shared on Dating topic. Two reasons
1. It's the when societal thing that single people are sad and waiting to find a partner.
2. Thinking that a single woman is desperate to find a guy helps soothe their egos.00 Reply
+1 yI DON'T think she's lonely or desperate. I do think some men and women want to be single and not deal with the headache of dating! I DREAD dating again!
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Let's date! LOL!
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Ok. Then let's get married.
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Okay. I'm not a fan either, so we can play house
+1 ySome women do tell me that they are lonely, So why wouldn't I believe them? Just like many other animals we humans are social creatures,
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+1 yStop with that “I choose to be single” BS human beings are social creatures no one would choose to be single if they could get and keep the person they wanted
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+1 yMost women who have been "single" for a long time are usually getting their backs blown out by randos on a regular basis.
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That ugly?
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Than why do you care what men think?
10.9K opinions shared on Dating topic. I don't think about that at all. I don't care what she has been doing. If she appeals to me, that is all that matters.
00 ReplyCould be that or the didn’t find the right person.
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+1 yThere's no point in associating despair with being single.
00 Reply585 opinions shared on Dating topic. If a woman's single, it's because she wants to be.
00 Reply327 opinions shared on Dating topic. Yes and this goes both ways. Depends on the person.
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+1 yIt is true believe it or not. Single women are lonely. Nobody is perfect.
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+1 yIt deponds on women. For myself is because I can't find a decont guy. Working one guy at moment to see where is goes.
00 ReplyNope she just living her life, going about her day
00 Replythat is called projecting
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Hehehe.
+1 yI usually assume they have standards...
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+1 yAs long does she have to be single?
00 ReplyI don't think about you at all. You do.👋
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