re: Shortage of economically attractive partners for unmarried women to marry

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As she put it, you don’t always marry the love of your life. In her case, I think she actually despised her husband.

It didn’t make sense to me at the time. But I think I can appreciate her plight, now.

He was the best worst option.

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So, you support people being miserable just so they aren't alone? That makes no sense. I'd rather be alone than in a marriage with someone I despised. Maybe that's the problem. People feel too much societal pressure to be in a relationship. I can be happy in a relationship. I can be miserable in a relationship. I can be happy alone. I can't be miserable alone because only I can control that. Maybe I would be happier in a relationship, but I can certainly not be miserable alone. If the only thing that makes me happy is being in a relationship no matter how healthy it is, then there is something wrong with me.