The single life (not really though)

Because of the trauma I suffered early on when I was diagnosed with a mental illness as a young man, (the effects were indescribably severe), I decided that I would never risk passing this along to a new generation.

Hence, I decided that I would refrain from romantic relationships and choose to be a single, chaste and celibate man.

Now I'm not perfect of course, but at this point in my life I can assuredly say that that was the right decision to make.

While I am a perpetual single so to speak, I am not alone.

Without getting mystical or anything, I have gained my good relations in heaven, yes, and they are very real to me, but my earthly relationships have become more real and meaningful to me as well.

The true friends and family that I have (by choice mainly) are more precious to me than anything that I could have dreamed of had I gone down the path of what would have been a highly dysfunctional family had I chose that.