1) Biology. Men are hard wired to be sexually attracted to women. Various estimates put men's sex drives from 3 to 9 times higher than women. Men breathe, drink, eat, sleep, and need to screw. Some women like to screw, but most of them could take it or leave it. Giving up sex is hard for men, at first. Gets easier with time.

2) Cultural Indoctrination. Men are to pursue women, serve them, entertain them, be strong for them but not too strong--just as strong as the woman needs at the moment. A man without a woman is like a drone without a queen. It's all horse shit but it can take a few years to deprogram yourself from this cultural castration.

3) Loneliness. There is something to partnering, and living with another human being. We humans are hard wired to be social creatures. Some of us literally go mad alone. People will choose to stay in a relationship no matter how toxic, or poisonous. Learning how to be content alone is perhaps the greatest challenge. It helps to stay busy with hobbies and cultivate non romantic relationships.

4) The payoff? Your life is your own. The idiotic ramblings and opinions of the estrogenic drama queens play no role in your life. You do not hand over your hard earned money to somene who will leave you both when you are up, or down. If you want a companion get a dog.