There is no dinner for you after overtime. When you receive a bad favor, you need to take care of yourself. On the other hand, if you don't have a wife, you don't need to wait for her to have dinner together, nor do you need to immediately help her when her car broke down on the way. You may have far fewer responsibilities when you are alone. Besides, you're free now. You can immediately fly to New York for your friend's birthday and stay there for several days without discussing it with anyone. You might quit and go volunteer in Africa because you just read an article about how bad the famine is there. When you get bored in this place, you can move to another city just because you want to. For most of the things I mentioned above, if you have a spouse, you might not be able to do it very soon because you have to take into account what they think and feel. They may not have the same opinion as you and do not want to change the pace to suit you. So, the benefits of being single are clear: you can do anything, even if it's emotional, and you don't need to stand at the feet of others. All you need is yourself, your