... everybody seems to think they (the couple)) are special.
No shit.
Everyone thinks it'll be different for them. No matter how hot your chick is, after sinking your meat into the same vag for 30 years, you'll be just about mad with desire to smash ANY other pussy. Even if it's disease-ridden and ugly as hell and is owned by a fat and stinky whore. And let's not even talk about the disaster that is the living together dealio. Pure suicide.
Some want children; most
men who want children want them so their name will "live on" (really, who gives a shit? Your precious name will die soon enough, no matter
how many kids you produce) and so they have someone to look after them when they're decomposing later in life. Other than this, guys, what's the benefit of children? They make noise, wreck your homestead, take all your dough, piss you off, pose for ratty online porn sites, smash your vehicle ... horrible.
Relationships are deep,
deep trouble for most men. Sure, some relationships go the distance, and some go the distance and the two still love each other, but the OVERWHELMING majority of them cause heartache, misery, arrest records, prison sentences, drained bank accounts, etc.
Fuck it.