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re: Question for the married men
Posted on 3/27/24 at 7:32 am to tigerjjs
Posted on 3/27/24 at 7:32 am to tigerjjs
I have a fantastic marriage and other than a couple of lifelong friends I see every couple of years and talk to maybe a couple of times a year I don't have, need nor want any friends. I know a pile of folks...I do things with them from time to time like go fishing or play poker...but we are not really friends. I have enough family I have to associate with to do so with people I don't have to associate with. I am perfectly content completely alone. I prefer hunting and fishing alone, my 2 other hobbies consist of woodworking, running a side business and picking a guitar...all of them can be done best all by yourself. Friends are people and people are a pain in the arse....
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Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:10 am to AwgustaDawg
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a couple of lifelong friends I see every couple of years and talk to maybe a couple of times a year
Is that really considered being friends though?
Posted on 3/27/24 at 8:18 am to AwgustaDawg
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I have a fantastic marriage and other than a couple of lifelong friends I see every couple of years and talk to maybe a couple of times a year I don't have, need nor want any friends.
This is pretty much where I’m at. That’s not to say either of us are completely cut off from the world. But as far as hanging out with other people, it’s just not something either of us are really interested in doing. And if we are hanging out with other people 99% of the time is either my MIL (she’s awesome) or our Sunday School class.
FWIW, we’ve been married 27 years.
ETA: we also both enjoy our time alone. As most here know, I love spending my weekend working on a model in my model room. Usually Mrs. Vader will either go to the beauty parlor with her mom and our daughter, or she will work on a puzzle in her puzzle room. With Spring around the corner she and our daughter will be tending their garden soon.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 8:21 am
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:45 am to AwgustaDawg
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I have a fantastic marriage and other than a couple of lifelong friends I see every couple of years and talk to maybe a couple of times a year I don't have, need nor want any friends.
this is me
we have friend groups. we have our old lifelong friends, i may see them 4-5 times a year max and it's like the conversation never ended, at least on my part but we are in different parts of life and have different interests/ability to do things.
then we have friends that are parents on their sports teams we spend a lot of time with
then we have parents of kids from school. this is who we have become closest to in many ways.
at least in my case, my wife is my best friend and always has been. If you think about it, your wife is the only women that has ever chosen to love you for you and not because you are blood. She is the one you should be closest too. its ok to have friends but family is 100% first before anything else and you should consider being a husband and a father as the biggest privilege in life. IMO a good wife that is loyal and supportive the biggest brag one can have.
so of course having a great marriage is most important.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 10:37 am
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