Apparently I became too busy with educational and career pursuits to worry about marrying, but always enjoyed the presence of men at work and socially. Then, at 35, within a year of some long-distance travel/exchanges, we married where he was starting a career change (happened to be in the state of my birth), then we transferred west again, and I have had no regrets or concerns as we reach 42 years, at age 78. Past engagements apparently taught us both what we really needed and wanted---and we still talk about those people involved!