Originally Posted by nova

When I see others in these situations I do wonder how happy some of my friends are though. I wonder if some are they doing it to live up to other's/society's expectations, or just settling for what they have got.

To address the original question, I am surrounded by friends in the same situations as you Smiley, and barely have any close single mates left. I have made it very explicit about the path I am taking and pretty much everyone I know acknowledges I am now a happier person now I am out of my steady eddie relationship. Some of my close mates are very intrigued as they think I have taken a big risk, as they too thought my ex-girlfriend was hot, and exclaimed how 'lucky' I was.

Thus, I am on my own path and cannot be relying on anyone else to acheive my goals. However I do wonder if some of them will be encouraged to break free from their comfort zones upon seeing any potential results on my part, as some of them seem very intrigued about where I am now heading.