[kreft]

> They're just jealous you can travel and play video games whenever you want. =)

To infantilize people like this is more hurtful really. We both know your allotted time with a Nintendo isn't a source of envy. It's a problem, it needs addressing. If you've successfully overridden one of your most primal biological instincts then good for you, you don't need to read all this. However, I suspect most people who say they are just as happy single are not entirely truthful (to themselves).

[landryraccoon]

I'm honestly very surprised at this entire thread.

Clearly the smiley face at the end didn't convey that I was half speaking in jest. But people seemed to have taken my position as an assault on their entire world view.

Let me ask you this though:

> overridden one of your most primal biological instincts

Have you considered the existence of individuals that are gay, lesbian, or asexual? How do these individuals fit into your apparently biological-reproductive-imperative based view of happiness?

Or would you go further to say that those individuals also cannot be happy, since they can't be truly fulfilling their biological instincts either?