In the old days they used the term spinster. This term had a lot of underlying meanings, like ugly, prude, man hater, and even harsher names like dyke. Everybody tried to get them married but stopped trying when they passed the golden age of 30. so by these standards you are hopeless. I have a friend who is now 83, never married and had a blast every day of her interesting life. Her laughter pierces walls. I don't think that marriage would have made her any happier. She has a busy love life, a busy cultural life, and many many friends.

Nothing wrong in living the way you elect to live.

Hmm, let's see...

People no longer have to get married. Equal rights, women's lib, and feminism mean that women can pursue education and careers, and do not need to be limited by traditional gender roles. Anyone--of any cultural inclination--who's had their head above sand can see that people are taking advantage of these opportunities, and societies have changed and continue to change. There is no shortage of people in the world at large: no one needs to breed. Women are having children later, or not at all. People are marrying later, or not at all, or not staying married.

Its a different world, like it or not. If you don't see that, you're too stupid for me. If you don't like women making choices that don't align with yours, you're too shitty for me.

I've never been married or had kids. Some people think my life is over. I just find that attitude really sad.

She was on close to her 50's never married, no kids. Her boyfriend was her job. A pro dancer. I didn't judged her. We still friends and still annoy each other. She ain't weird or me a freak.

I don't agree with that type of thinking, but I think that's the consensus among all the zombies. Of course people who are married or in a relationship will think that people who aren't have something wrong with them past a certain age. It's kind of like the people who become rich and say YOU TO can become rich! You just have to work harder for it! It's your fault! What they don't also consider is that maybe it's the person's choice to remain single, or maybe they haven't found something close to what they're looking for and don't want to settle for something that will end in flames anyway or be miserable with someone who doesn't "get them", or maybe they attract a certain type of person that is detrimental to their health and on and on and on. It's none of their business really.

Nah, he’s just an ass, trying to rush you to bed.

I mean if you include being picky, then there is something "wrong" with all of us that are in our 30s while never married [and no kids]. I would be married this very second if I were willing to budge on the having kids thing, so when a girl sees me, she's right to think, "What's the catch? Why didn't anyone else scoop up this gorgeous, hilarious man who cooks like a chef and fucks like a rockstar?"

He's living in 1950.
No kids isn't weird.
Smoking cigarettes now; that is weird.

I'm over 35, (male) (Midwest) never been married, no kids and yes, I have had people state "There must be something wrong with you if your' not married by 35."
Does this assertion have any Merritt?
Aside from identifying the myopically challenged character of the person making the assertion, Absolutely not.

I wouldn't give it a second thought.

What's weird is when people think you should be some cookie-cutter copy of everyone else. It's scary that anyone would be so limited that it would never occur to him that you may not care what anyone else thinks.

It ain't you, it's him and his outmoded mindset. This is the way I think, and I'm 60 and escaped from that mentality long ago. My dear, you are P E R F E C T. Tell that moron to go fuck himself. The only thing "wrong" with you is that you were true to yourself and didn't jump on the "got to get married" bandwagon. You know who you are and what you want. You are a complete person just the way your are.

I pride myself on being weird so I’d take it as a compliment! ????

he's full of bulls milk. it's not until you're 40 that people think that.

It's the kind of thing that shows up in women's magazines as a "Warning Sign" Here's a headline from a Huffpost article: "Red Flags: Is It A Bad Sign if Someone’s Never Been Married By Middle Age?"

I married at 30. I was able to live some life before tied to the institution. And now I'm once again free of the institution. ????

I don't agree with the "spinster" attitude as I believe it is just fine to wait and find the right person. That may take quite a while, and it may happen right away. The scary part? You can't KNOW that this is the right person until you live together and... stay the course through thick and thin.

...Do you WANT kids? There's no rule that says you have to have them. I think it's stupid for people to behave like you should. I wish the vast majority of humans would consider the fact that we have 8 billion already and we might be okay in giving that whole, 'breed like rats' thing a rest. Push back against that kind of bullshit pressure! Do you.

I have heard it before. It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now.

It's an old way of saying you're a lesbian

Uh... That's odd in this day and age. But, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one. Ultimately It's only yours that should matter to you. Period.

Well, that's peculiar. Don't you think you should get busy fulfilling those expectations before it's too late?

I think it's weird, I have ever been told that, but I met my wife when I was twenty two...lol

It's no good asking me, I've been married 4 times. Yes I am weird.

That's pretty rude.