What is the value of having a partner?
Hello,
After having went through a serious failed relationship, I began to wonder what is the value of having a partner.
They don't really provide stability as they can leave your ass any time. So the feeling of safety is only an illusion. The reality is that if someone no longer sees the benefit of staying with you, you can't make them stay.
Without the exception of only rare cases, they don't really give you money as most people are not really that rich and people nowadays are very concerned with protecting what is theirs.
They provide sex but as a woman, this is easily available without a partner and many women don't actually need sex.
Living and maintaining a relationship with another person is hard. I see conflicts and fights all the time with couples because they want to make the other person do what they want. Sometimes it gets so bad, people had to break it off to in order to feel peace again.
Some people feel a boosted sense of self worth if they have a partner but a person with a healthy level of self esteem don't even need that sort of validation.
Sure, having a partner is like having a support system where perhaps they might be able to help you out with something in the future. But a self-sufficient person can get by life on their own.
If anyone feel there are really any real benefits of having a partner, please share.