Thanks for starting this thread @SkippityWooBah It's such a refreshing change from all the threads saying 'oh aren't single women soooooooo superior to married woman, and soooooooooo much happier, cleverer, more intelligent, probably a higher social class, probably has a much better job etc etc etc. And married women are just dumb, mindless, bots who are unhappy, downtrodden and living a miserable life being a servant to their husband and children.' SO many of this type of thread is started on here, and it seems to me that the lady(s) doth protest too much.
Yes of COURSE some women are in an unhappy marriage, but the ones who are happy and have a pretty decent life with their man are not posting on here speaking about it!
Fact is, the majority of married women are pretty happy most of the time, and very happy some of the time. Yes there are occasional difficult times during the many decades of a long marriage, when you feel like you could throw your husband into the middle of next week, but for the most part, most married women would NEVER trade places with a single woman.
I know single women come on here and claim that all the married women they know 'envy' them, and wish they were them, but IMO they are just trying to make them feel better. Most single women I know/have known struggle financially, and to make ends meet, and they spend half their waking hours looking for a man, and dating men occasionally, hoping it will work out. Some of them are very lonely.
Sure, there are some who are on fairly high incomes with a large group of friends and close family who fills their time and gives them everything they need, but then again, the nights and evenings are sometimes lonely. No-one to go out with for a meal together, no-one to go away with on holiday with, no-one to pop down the pub with, no-one's shoulder to cry on, or tell your worries and fears to, or share, no-one to spend Christmas and birthdays and other special events with, no-one to look after you when you're ill. Yes there are friends, but they have their own family and friends and partner.
I do know some women who are happy single, and financially secure, and quite OK. They are all widows over 60. Most younger women/women in their 50s and younger who have never been married, or in a long term relationship (and some who have been,) struggle financially, and seem to want to be in a relationship Yet this 'oh aren't single women superior and soooo much better than the silly marrieds' shit is always trotted out on here.
Like you @SkippityWooBah Married over 30 years here, together nearly 35, would never change a thing, and DH and I are really good friends, we still love each other, and we have some amazing times together, and are always there for each other. I actually secretly pity most single women/especially those who have never married, moreso those over 40, because the dating pool is tiny for them, as most men their age want women 10-15 years younger.... And as I say, most of them seem to struggle financially really badly.
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