I wouldn’t be so quick to judge. There’s truth to that, but life is about doing not about potential. Anything worth having requires work and comes at risk.

I can’t fault someone for taking a chance at what they saw as a very real possibility of being happy.

I know it’s a shit post, but I’m trying to be less bitter these days.

We've all been sold on what life is "supposed" to look like. Go to school, get married, start a career, have kids... not enough people question if that's really what they want. Life can be whatever you want it to be. Those things aren't required, and if that's not the life you actually want, then all those things will do is tie you down.

Yep! That's totally why I'm still single at 40! Yep.

See I'm not the problem, I'm actually smart! Totally not an undesirable worthless pile of human garbage! Nope nope nope!

My brother is in his 40's. No children, never married. Just bought a house.

I have to assume he saw all the trouble I got into chasing women, and made better choices.

But I'm happy with my wife, so I dunno.

... and remember, at 30 years old, you may well be only 1/3rd of the way through your life

I was the last of my friends to get married, at 37.

Without exception, all of them are now divorced and in financial distress because of it. I'm coming up on 25 years.