Is this concept really such a difficult thing to obtain?

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Me for one.

I have recently started semi seeing someone who I see once or twice a week. I have a life so does he. I am not sure i want more at the moment. I don't think he does either. It started out as a friends thing and has kind of morphed. I have 2 kids which take up my time, in fact he hasn't met my kids and won't for a long time. I have done the marriage thing and it just isn't on the cards for me for a long time.

In fact people probably know what happened with me and another member on here. It would have been the perfect set up, we would have seen each other for a few weeks avery 6 months or so initially.

I am not one of those people who wants constant affection. It is draining.

There is a third option. The 'dating and see where it goes' option. Of course, this doesn't apply to the OP, but it is both feasible and honest. You can still be up front and say 'I'm not thinking marriage' but admit that a relationship will progress along its own lines. This seems to be the way my own current relationship is going. If he ever proposes, yeah it'd be nice. But if he doesn't? Well its not like its much less secure than a marriage.

Thank you for including the adjective 'many' in your post, before women, by the way.

I don't use these words because they're vulgar and rude, but how exactly is the word "B***h" misogynist? Its male equivalent is "B****d". Is that misandrist? In a similar vein, are the terms "stag party" or "hen party" sexist too?

That's really what I'm after. A relationship more like 2 teenagers. Just hang out but don't see each other every day. The thing is if I like someone enough though I WANT to see them every day.

I believe I put something similar to that down on my OkCupid profile...

*checks*

Yep: Just looking for new friends to do things with on the weekends. If something more develops out of that, cool. If no, still looking to have some weekend activities with new people.

I just didn't want to deal with some gal who is dead set on getting married within two years and having a kid as soon as possible. I just want things to go on their own pace, rather than rush into everything just because some girl is lonely or because she feels the need to fulfill some destiny she's planned out. It's almost as if she'd be doing that just for herself and who cares about the guy (me) that was on the other end...

b***h is misogynist because... straight from Wikipedia: "The word "b***h", literally meaning a female dog, is a common slang term in the English language, especially used as a denigrating term applied to a person, commonly a woman. It often refers to someone who is belligerent, unreasonable, rudely intrusive or aggressive.

Its original use as a vulgarism, documented to the fourteenth century, suggested high sexual desire in a woman, comparable to a dog in heat."

Bastard is misandrist in the sense that it's only applied to men. But it's still not linking the person being insulted's inherent being, i.e. their maleness, to something disgusting/shameful/less than human. "Child born to unmarried parents."

Just my thoughts obviously.

Oh and edited to include my idle thoughts on stag party/hen party: any term that differentiates by gender is inherently sexist cause it perpetuates stereotypes, whether positive or negative. But I'm not delusional enough to think we'd ever live in a world that didn't differentiate by gender. However: would you rather be a stag or a hen? Me personally a stag by about 1000%. A hen sits around and lays eggs all day. A stag does what he pleases in the forest all day. Case closed! (for me)

Not really...well, up to a point.

I've always thought that name "hen party" was a rather...weak sounding "answer" to the stag party. How about a tigress party?

But what if that "destiny" didn't include marriage or a family, but was just to meet one (or more) eccentric but fun guys like you and have relatively uncommitted relationships wirth them?

You see what I'm saying? I am aware that although the whole family starting thing does not seem appealing, I still find I am prone to quite elaborate fantasies, and sometimes have to remind myself that other people are not simply characters in ny own personal play, that they have their own "stories" too.

If the destiny was to just meet a guy, fine.

However, usually these desperate and lonely types just want to get married and have a kid asap.

I hate the idea of marriage and kids. My current boyfriend is someone who I was friends with for a long time and have a strong emotional connection with, and by becoming boyfriend/girlfriend just meant that we agreed on a level of commitment to each other. We speak on the phone several times a day, enjoy each others company but have plenty of our own space and separate lives which works great for both of us. I have no desire to enter the type of relationship so many women are conditioned into wanting by society, and more often than not stay in out of convenience. Those sort of women are just IMO looking for security and have so little self-worth that their whole identity is defined by being a wife and/or mother.

I have to agree...this sort of language peeves me to no end. We should all be having fabulous sex (if that's your thing) and not be judged by it. It should be a beautiful thing.