Do you think getting married is better than being single?

I think it depends on the kind of person you are. Not everyone is meant to be married. If you need to share your life with someone special, than it is better to be married. If you enjoy total independence and don’t want children and like to travel and do whatever you want all the time, then being single is better.
For myself, I enjoy being married but I always enjoyed sharing my life with someone. It’s too easy for me to get lonely. It is nice to always have someone who is there for you during the good times and the bad times that you can count on.

40 and single. No car and no kids. I enjoy the freedom it provides.

But I totally get wanting kids and all that jazz..

Both things are totally fine as long as you actually want them and aren’t trying to meet some societal norm.

Nope. I think being married is different from being single.

I love being married, and I think it has many benefits. But being single has benefits too.

Some of the ones of being married include shared laughter, a companion in most things, better health.

Their simply different. I really like being married, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with being single. The only warning I have is, if you want to have children really think about financial, custody and legal ramifications. Even living together think about the legal.

No. Too many divorces.

70% of first marriages stay together. The stat isn’t that bad. The 50% constantly talked about is misleading. It has to do with second marriages being more likely than first marriages to wind up in divorce.

No, hell no, and uh-uh, too! It takes some getting used to but being single is THE way to go!

In many cultures it is considered better to be married than being single to live life to the fullest.

That’s what I hate about my culture. Too much emphasis on getting married. It brainwashes people to the point that people view the single as “too screwed up to interact with anyone” or “needing to get a life”. What’s so special about marriage? Does everyone out there want to get married? Are all the people who don’t get married screwed up? I have long determined to lead a single life because I have too much ambition for a settled life, and because I enjoy being alone and free to do what I want. What are you going to do about me?

I love being married. My wife is my best friend and there’s no one else I’d rather spend time with. It’ll be twenty years this year.

That being said, there have been some occasions where I’ve thought, “If I only had me to worry about, this would be much easier.” And, probably a lot lonelier.

I don’t think either married or single is “better” per se. Depends on your temperament.

When I was younger, in my 20’s and 30’s, I enjoyed the life of a bachelor. Main advantage: Any decisions I made affected me and me alone. OTOH, we’ve been married almost 30 years now, and I am with my best friend almost every day.