Tell me how being married is different than having a long term girlfriend. Both good and bad. I am just curious. I am a pretty happy single guy. I have had some long term relationships which I actually liked a lot... I kind of miss them when I don't have one, I enjoy the company, the trust, etc. It's more relaxing to me than doing the single thing all the time, that is draining. Is marriage basically a longer version of a long term relationship? By long term I mean years. Because I kind of like those but then I have changed it up every few years. LOL... If I stayed this age, I probably wouldn't do anything differently. But... as you get older... I think maybe it is nice to have that someone. But then.... maybe its nice to just have the freedom to do whatever the hell you want. Then there is the kid thing... I'm a big brother in the big brother program. 8 years now. So I have a pseudo son. I've watched him grow up. Kind of cool. I like him. I'm attached to him. But I have him a 2-3 weekends a month and that's it. I like this too.... do I need more? Single, long term relationships, not a real dad, kind of a dad thing has been working just fine but one day you just get old. So it's got me thinking...