I (47M) have avoided a marriage recently partly because I don’t like the sense that I’d be responsible to a certain extent for the happiness of a another person, a wife. Kids too, of it went that far. I can barely keep myself happy and it’s be 2x as hard to keep both happy.

Have any of you prior or currently married guy dealt with this? Did you know or think this going into marriage? How did you resolve it? Am I asking the wrong question or focusing on the wrong things? Of have I not met the right one where things aren’t stressful and aren’t full of unrealistic expectations?

Thanks in advance for the replies.