whether this quote, “fairytale bachelorhood” ending was a bad thing

Okay, I think that is a fair discussion that I would like to pick up here at The Yong Turks

Okay, now, a lot of us believed in George Clooney

We thought that he was gonna hang in there the whole time

And that he was never gonna get married again.

He was married originally for, I think, 4 years

And that he was gonna be the one guy who withstood all of the societal pressure

And said, “no! You know what? I’m good looking, I’m famous, I’m rich”

“I’m gonna continue to have sex with incredibly hot women for the rest of my life”

But over the weekend, I hear this

Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him

Down goes Clooney! Down goes Clooney!

What did you do to us, George?

You killed the dream

You’re ridiculous

Okay, so can we just discuss how there’s always this misconception that dudes never wanna get married

They just wanna put the P away

Yeah! You know what I’m saying?

And women are like, “Oh marry me! Marry me! I really really want you to marry me”

Uh… kind of

So okay, we’ve done stories… No, there are women that are eager to get married

I’m not discounting that at all.

I definitely know that is true

But at the same time, we’ve done stories about studies that indicate that men tend to be happier after marriage

And healthy after marriage

And women usually tend to be more stressed out and less healthy in general

That is true, but people don’t know that

They don’t know that, but also stop insulting men and think that they’re just thinking with their penises all the time

Men want love and affection, too

That’s right!

But they do!

They’re the ones who propose, they’re the ones who want to be in a relationship

If you just want to have random sex all the time then don’t get in a relationship, it’s that simple.

That’s it. It’s that simple

All right. Now, in reality. – You guys are the worst

Okay, here’s what happens in reality, okay? – I can’t

You go out with somebody for… You have sex with them what, 3 times, 5 times.

And then start getting antsy, right?

Oh, so like oh, what? You’re not gonna date me?

So, is this what that was? It’s cheap, that what it was, right?

And then all of a sudden, you’re in a 2 month relationship

All of a sudden, you’re in an 18 month relationship

All of a sudden, “ladies an gentlemen”

Hahaha

Okay, I’m not saying anything. I’m just saying no, no

Putting kidding aside kind of for a second

To me, this actually shows something that a lot of people don’t talk about

The counter of what we always do talk about

Is that apparently, there’s also a massive urge to settle down

Cause even George Clooney settles down, right? – Thank you

Obviously, there is some urge to do that

You wanna call it a biological urge or whatever

Now, I know there’s a lot of social pressure, too

There’s no question about that

But look, David Beckham, Clooney, Brad Pitt, you name it

The guys who get the P, as you put it so eloquently

Nonstop. They don’t have to be in a relationship

To go woman to woman to woman

Or you wanna be in a long-term relationship, go ahead. You do whaever the hell you want

But they almost all eventually get married

So it’s not just social pressure

There’s obviously some sort of imperative… within guys as well, to want to settle down at some point

I mean there’re parallels to love and diet, right?

Like you can eat donuts all day and that shit is delicious, right?

But sometimes, those empty calories, they get to you, and you want a nice steak dinner

So Clooney’s tired of donuts, he wanted a steak dinner and that’s what he’s getting now

So, good for him. – Well, I mean, I thought you were gonna go with vegetables, but okay

No, you’ve gotta get some protein up in there, come on

It’s a little mix of both.

Of course you’re right, it’s not just women who want to get married

Some women don’t want to get married at all. Obviously, we have a huge range here

But to me, there’s a powerful case of the one guy who withstood all that criticism

In the end, decided hey you know what? I want to nest with one particular person

So down goes Clooney and with him, the hopes and aspirations of all men across the globe

Wait, did I say that out loud?

Hahaha