# What's Your Relationship Status? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133 "2006-03-13T04:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/101 "2006-03-14T01:37:34Z")
43 and single. I’d like to be in a relationship, but I’m aware I can be a difficult person to get along with. I’m not happy about my status, but I’m not miserable either. It helps that my closest friend is female and I have a lot of other friends. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/102 "2006-03-14T09:24:20Z")
> [@WVmom](#): > > I’m 45 and unhappily married. We’ve been married for 23 years and the first 5 or so were OK, but once the kids came along things just stopped working. Maybe I changed, maybe we were just fooling ourselves in the first place, but I’m just waiting for the kids to be self-supporting so I can move out. **WVmom** , Are you me? (well, other than the fact I’m male, and it’s only 15 years so far…) And where are all the other courageous souls who will admit to being in this position? Oh, right, we’re the only two unhappy couples represented on the board :rolleyes: 42 YO, and (as I said) male. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/103 "2006-03-14T10:05:04Z")
> [@Noone Special](#): > > **WVmom** , Are you me? (well, other than the fact I’m male, and it’s only 15 years so far…) > > And where are all the other courageous souls who will admit to being in this position? Oh, right, we’re the only two unhappy couples represented on the board :rolleyes: > > 42 YO, and (as I said) male. Yeah, we’re few and far between, aren’t we? 52, female. Unhappily married (28 years in April). ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/104 "2006-03-14T10:37:23Z")
23, unhappily single. Never been in any sort of committed relationship, happy or not. When I say unhappily single, though, I don’t mean I’m unhappy in general. I’d prefer to have someone but I’d much rather remain single than be in an unhappy relationship just for the sake of it. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/105 "2006-03-14T14:18:28Z")
I don’t understand unhappily committed. If the relationship isn’t working, they why do you stay? I guess **WVmom** says it’s for the kids; but my son seems to have survived the divorce just fine and both the adults in the marriage are better off now. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/106 "2006-03-14T14:39:55Z")
Male, 40, single, dissatisfied. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/107 "2006-03-14T19:05:20Z")
Male, 40, happily single. I’ve been married (just shy of 6 years), and have had a couple relationships after that. Now I’m quite happily nonogamous, and I don’t expect that to change. Oh, and **kambuckta**? If you’re too old for “girlfriend”, doesn’t that mean you go straight to “old lady”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/108 "2006-03-14T19:18:35Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > Yeah, we’re few and far between, aren’t we? > > 52, female. Unhappily married (28 years in April). Well, me too. Female, 52, unhappily married. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/109 "2006-03-14T19:20:22Z")
47, male. Happily in an ongoing relationship. You’d have to define “committed” before I could tell you whether I’m that or not. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/110 "2006-03-14T19:22:35Z")
37 Y.O male and I just bought an engagement ring last Friday! I hope she says yes when I finally ask her! (aside: she will, she has practically asked me already) ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/111 "2006-03-14T19:46:13Z")
31, happily married (with a few bumps) for a year and a half, expecting our first spawn of Satan in August. We’ve been together a little over three years. E. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/112 "2006-03-14T19:55:36Z")
Married & (mostly) happy. But if/when this marriage ends, I intend on spending the rest of my life single, and think I’ll be pretty happy about that, too. Sometimes, you feel like you’ve had enough of putting up with a husband (just the little shit that drives you buggy, mind you). ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/113 "2006-03-14T20:08:46Z")
27, female, happily committed (engaged!). ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/114 "2006-03-14T21:17:41Z")
I’m 25 and happily single. I’ve been in one serious relationship several years ago, and a few minor ones as recent as January, but I much prefer the freedom of being on my own. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/115 "2006-03-14T22:12:23Z")
35 and happily married. We’ve been friends since high school, a couple since college, and married since 1998. No kids, no plans to have them–we’re having too much fun! ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/116 "2006-03-15T00:11:55Z")
Thirty-one, male, engaged. If everything goes well, the wedding will be at the end of September. That might be enough time to get used to the idea of being in a permanent relationship. Maybe. Right now, it still scares the crap out of me. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/117 "2006-03-15T00:56:24Z")
I’m 23 and female (well, with this username, you’d hope so). Happily marrried for six months, we’ll have been together for 5 years in August. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/118 "2006-03-15T01:24:11Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > I don’t understand unhappily committed. If the relationship isn’t working, they why do you stay? Because unhappily committed doesn’t necessarily always mean “miserable with no hope for happily committed.” 41, female, unhappy, but not hopeless, committed for 2 years. Happily committed, 9 years. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/119 "2006-03-15T01:43:11Z")
Getting scarily close to 50. Female. Very single and self-sufficient and generally quite happy about it. Some days I think it would be nice to have someone to share my life with, but then I think about all the things I like to do and even thinking about a relationship seems like too much work. But you never know. GT ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133/120 "2006-03-15T16:08:31Z")
Female, 32, happily married for a year and a couple of months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-relationship-status/348133.md?page=7)