Is it better to be single or in a relationship in your 20s? Discussion

Just been doing some thinking.

On the one hand I love the thought of having someone to love, someone to snuggle with at night and to share deep conversations with, someone who knows me like no other, someone I have a deep romantic connection with etc etc... I think love can be the most beautifully heart-breaking feeling and I want to feel it again at some point in my life time (been in love once before and he was the love of my life thus far)

But on the other hand, I am so YOUNG (just turned 21). There is so much to discover and life is just beginning. There are so many new people to meet, so many places to go. I want to study abroad in third year and do some more voluntary work and travel. I want to experience joy and excitement and fear and elation and ...well, everything. And part of me feels like you can't do all of that when you're so heavily involved with someone at such a young age

Opinions?

But personally, I do believe in your 20s you should be in a solid relationship, especially beyond 23ish; I definitely wouldn't want to be getting married any later than 25 personally; those first few years are the years you want to spend with the love of your life.

[scroll] it's always better to be single, regardless of age. be single and have sex with as many people as possible if you're a man, that's the way to go. relationships are pointless, they bring headache and hassle for a man because a man just needs sex, not a relationship [/scroll]

How young, modern women approach relationships: meet great guy, assume you're in your best years and don't want to be tied down, refuse to date great guy because you feel like you're market value is incredibly high, hit 25, begin to see your opportunities lessen, hit 30, see your opportunities lessen further, feel a biological clock ticking, really wish you had taken advantage of the opportunity and hadn't been such a vapid human being.

Guy is 30, single, still attractive, wealthier, has more prospects and couldn't give a crap about you any more, largely because you're such a vapid human being.

I've seen this scenario play out about...em...20 times in my life. It never fails to make me love the bull****, bat**** crazy feminism many young women have been taught to regard as sacrosanct.

I really dont agree with that, for me sex is irrelevant compared to having someone that you know loves you, and yes I'm a man too

[scroll] it's always better to be single, regardless of age. be single and have sex with as many people as possible if you're a man, that's the way to go. relationships are pointless, they bring headache and hassle for a man because a man just needs sex, not a relationship [/scroll]

You really hate women don't you.

1. Straw man.
2. You really like exploiting misogyny to try and appear morally superior, don't you?

Different people like different things. Personally, I love being single, particularly at my age. I can't think of anything worse than being tied to someone, and not being free to change jobs / travel at short notice. I am 23.

Literally the only reason for me to want a relationship is fear of being alone when older. I'd like children, but not for a while. I wish there were an extra ten years before the 'child deadline'.

P.S. Things look different from this side of 20.

I'm nearly 25 and i've never even been a date, i'm fed up of being single but i'll have to learn to live with it as it's never going to change.

Don't understand people my age who don't want to settle down tbh. I'd give anything to meet someone.