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The actual baffling thing is that you find this baffling. What I describe seems typical, regardless of the dominant political ideology of the area. All of the recent pregnancy announcements I'm mentioning in this thread are from people I've met since moving to my current city. I'm in Dallas. Dallas city limits are liberal. Suburbs of Dallas are more conservative. I met many of the friends I mention here when they were living in Dallas. After marriage, some moved to suburbs of Dallas while some left the Dallas area for more suburban parts of other metropolitan areas.This is kind of baffling. Maybe it's because I live in a liberal state (Colorado) but people of all ages go out and drink and party here. Some of my friends have kids but they find time anyway.
Married men are notorious for gradually cutting off friendships with unattached men or marginally attached men. Married men are typically only friends with other married men. A lot of friendships between married men are not all that strong either. Both sets of married men are often dealing with some combination of suburban houses, dogs, children, demanding careers, and in-law stuff.
Married men and married men with children tend not to mix with unattached/marginally attached men.
Private residence social gatherings, such as Super Bowl parties, can be very uncomfortable for unattached men when everyone else there is an attached man with his girlfriend or wife present. It's a situation that is uncomfortable for both the unattached man and also for the couples. This tends to be why there isn't a lot of mixing between the men in different life stages.
There are way too many men in Denver, making Menver what it is. Menver is a difficult place to live.Menver suffers from so many men moving there because they like mountain sports like skiing; I was in this category when I lived there for a few winters. I suspect now CO draws in folks for the cannabis too.
Skiing is so overrated for Denver residents. Denver itself is not close to ski areas. The good ski areas are all 1.5-2.5 hours driving west of Denver. That drive west on Interstate 70 is scenic in many places but can get a lot of traffic at the wrong times. Also, an accident on 70 can make that drive even longer and unpleasant.
That's a lot of time roundtrip in the car for one ski day.
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