Many men do. Society expects it of us: to marry and to have children.
[And for all he knows, maybe Larry loved his wife at some point, such a change is common enough.] But I have chosen the life of an eternally unmarried artist instead. A life where I may look to my fragile heart's content without anyone troubling themselves about it and because I never confess, never reach out everything stays just...fine. Uncomplicated. Painless. [For the other person, anyway.]

I'm sorry about your...friend?