>>984761Fucking THIS. This times a million.
Most of my Army friends from my 20s are married with young children. They feel trapped. Fact is once you have children your life is not about you anymore. Kids are great, they're adorable and you get to introduce and teach them about the world. But your life is over. You exist to care for them. The men who haven't been divorced are ready to eat a bullet because of the job and/or their abusive wife. Their freedom is gone. Whatever wealth they managed to hold onto is sunk into the predicament and people they feel trapped by. Resentment is life.
>>984750Do you, OP. I've had my wild years, and I've had my summit girl. You couldn't pay me to get married and legally tied to another person and their crazyass expectations. Looking forward to continuing my career, making some money, and building an off grid home somewhere in the southwestern US. You are living my dream. Don't fuck it up.