Do you feel a person has to be single to truly experience everything life has to offer?

[Anonymous]

I just got out of a 8 yeae relationship with a girl who changed overnight she was my first since then I had 4 other short term relationship. I feel like I never really enjoy my teen years since i spent them trying to improve my life since I come from a very very poor family I never been to a party, didn't do hook ups only slept with 5 women at the age of 31. I have only been drunk once , but I've never been to a club. I never travel before out side my city or been over seas. I feel old and like ny life over. I do look very young for my age

[Lliam]

I felt that way when I was young. I had girlfriends from the time I was 16 and liked having them along, going places and doing things. I liked infatuation, romance and sex. But I wasn't interested in marriage or kids at all. I felt like I needed to experience life.

I had a car from the age of 16, was lead guitar and vocalist in garage bands, went on road trips with just my bros, surfed, snow skied, skateboarded, played sports, rough housed, went on two week backpacking trips and all kinds of adventures, and partied like a Viking. I had the best time from 16 to 26.

I had various jobs so I had some money. Those jobs were good experience.
I also attended community college part time and learned some cool stuff, but I had no career goal in mind.

When I was 26, a friend's mom hooked me up with a corporate job that had fantastic salary and benefits. It changed my lifestyle, though, because I had to cut my long hair and wear a suit. That was kind of traumatic at first, and the job was hard for about the first five years until I got the hang of it. But I had money, so I went on some amazing vacations.

It wasn't until my early 30s that I started thinking of finding a life partner, settling down, and starting a new chapter in my life. I thought I had experienced a lot of what life had to offer as a free and easy single guy. I also had assets and had become more mentally and emotionally mature. I had grown up.

[mooky06]

I believe you don’t have to be single to truly experience everything in life and you don’t have to be in a relationship to truly experience everything in life either

In the end you need to be able to look back on your life and be satisfied in the ONE life you had whether that was being with someone and experiencing things or being alone in it and experiencing things

[LazerBean]

Nope. You can experience everything good and worth experiencing within a good relationship. Also I wouldn't say that you've "only" been with 5 people, since that implies that 5 is a low number for your age when it's not.

[Asker]

5 is really low most been I've dates or my guy friends have been with 10-15 girls and my female friends have been 20-50 men from she's of 24-33

[LazerBean]

Then you just keep really poor company. The median body count for 25-50 year olds is 4 for women and 6 for men. So you're average, not low.

[Asker]

100% isn't 4 for women in the usa for men it's somewhat high since a lot of men are virgins in the usa

[LazerBean]

It is according to the US national center for health statistics. What is your source for information?

[Asker]

I'll send it later

[LazerBean]

And it's a more credible source than an agency of our government dedicated to health statistics?

[serious]

No, it does not have to be like that.

[Redstang88]

I personally think it’s the opposite

[Asker]

How so

[Redstang88]

Doing everything alone gets old. I make good money, travel here and there, enjoy my hobbies when I get time, but there’s always something missing without someone to share it with. Being single is wildly overrated

[Asker]

I see