On an average income, it's amazing how the money piles up when going your own way from the system. I don't make a lot compared to married people with kids, but I make enough for myself. I'm nowhere close to six figures, but I'm not minimum wage either.

My expenses are fairly minimal, I travel 3 times per year, workout 3-4 times per week, and go to the beach on weekends and spend time with a few close friends and work on my projects. Take myself and my buddies out once in a while to a nice restaurant.

It's not a glamorous life, but it's my life and I'm not in debt doing it. If I wanted to get laid, I could fly to Nevada quickly and just get it done and over with.

Married guys at my work wonder how I have so much time and no debt - although I do have rent (when they have a lot of it) than they do on less of an income and they can't seem to make the correlation of no wife and no kids eating away at my income or no alimony and child support.

If my quiet life isn't glamorous, so be it. But at least it can't be taken away from me via the state through divorce courts and the time wasted trying to keep a marriage together that was doomed from the start.