good question Jovial.
as part of the 'beautiful people', jet setting, club hopping, party crowd since my youth, it was ALWAYS my dream of settling down with a wife to have a family.
it freaked most of the party girls out when they learned this.
so there was nothing else to do but party on as though there was nothing else to do.
i was always on the lookout for a potential mate.
i have been wanting to settle down since i was in my early 20s and am still seeking to do so.
i think this is what the majority of people want but in lieu of that, they will play the party card until they can't.
perhaps even though when young there is a desire to be in a relationship and settle down people are not mature enough to know about how to do that and screw up lots of chances, which when you think about it is ok. ergo: if in youth one can't figure out how to handle a relationship in a mature way, perhaps best that one not settle down and end up with bad and failed realionships.