“I had one foot out of the door a few years into the relationship, and I never found a reason to put it back in. I just did not know how to break it off until I was finally able to do so.”

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"The second reason is that I really, really, really do not want to burden her with my family. I just do not want her to be a part of my family. Actually, I am trying to even cut myself out of my family a little more each year. The next thing is I do not want and do not have the capacity to be a part of her family and deal with their issues either. Some clarification at the end: Do I love her? Very much. Do I see any problem spending the next 14, or 28, or 56 years together? Not at all. Kids? Maybe in the future. But marriage? Nah, I am good, at least for now. Maybe things will change in the next year or two."

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