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Ask Dr. Helen: Single Men in Never-Neverland

February 7, 2008 - 1:05 am - by Helen Smith
Phil
2008-02-07 05:39:47

I am a young single man in my late twenties who has not “had the chance to settle down” yet. I’ve been living overseas in some pretty hostile countries doing relief work and I’ve been cut off from civilization for the past few years, so I guess that explains why.

I can’t speak for others, but when I was younger there were some things that I knew I wanted to do (eventually getting married being one of them), but I had to do them in the right order otherwise it would have been very difficult. So I guess I prioritized my goals. Does putting off marriage for now while I accomplish other worthy goals make me immature? I should think not; in fact I can think of few more immature things to do than to get married and then run off to accomplish what you want to do on your own.