History Main / ConfirmedBachelor

* WordOfGod via Creator/JohnCarmack confirms that the Marine/Doomslayer from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' is one, not caring for sexual attraction or lust, and only wanting to kill demons.

* The Good Hunter from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' eschews marriage. He is not interested in courtship, outright tells Grace he will never marry, and turns down multiple potential marriage candidates. It doesn't stop Grace and Celestine from having [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]] about a betrothed Kyril, though.

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--> '''Chet''': I'm all for weddings... as long as it's not my own.

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* Prizmo in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is averse to romantic relationships because of the compromises they demand, using the ever-present question of coordinating dinner plans as an example. Jake says that he has an overly-bleak outlook on relationships and ends the episode saying that he needs to get that guy a girlfriend, although [[HoYay Prizmo seems more interested in Jake than women]].

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* The only unmarried [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates President]] of the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates was UsefulNotes/JamesBuchanan, although the exact reason for this is debatable. He was engaged to a wealthy woman as a young lawyer, but the relationship ended quite suddenly after she heard rumors he was marrying her for money and she died under mysterious circumstances (likely suicide) shortly thereafter. He was notoriously {{commitment|Issues}}phobic, both in politics and his personal life, the former of which lead to the start of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. He might also have been, to use modern terms, asexual or gay. He lived with a man, Alabama politician William Rufus King, for over a decade. They were both effeminate and King was widely referred to as "Mrs. Buchanan" or "Aunt Fancy" by UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson more specifically. These sorts of living arrangements weren't uncommon in the mid-19th century and politicians in that era were notoriously catty but on the other hand, King referred to their relationship as "communion". All of their correspondence with each other were destroyed, so there is no definitive answer about the nature of their relationship.
* There is some dispute among historians whether Creator/LeonardoDaVinci was of the MarriedToTheJob type or the closet gay type (or both); regardless, he never married.
* Washington Irving, author of ''Literature/RipVanWinkle'' and ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'', never married. Apparently he was socially more competent at friendship than love, and at least one biographer called him a better brother than a lover.
* [[UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton Sir Isaac Newton]] was likely a combination of MarriedToTheJob and HeManWomanHater; he proudly claimed to be a virgin on his deathbed and Voltaire wrote of him that he "had neither passion nor weakness; he never went near any woman".
* Thaddeus Stevens, the "Great Commoner" of American history, is an interesting case. It's confirmed that he never married, at least legally, and there's no indication that he ever even considered doing so. However, during the years that he lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he had a devoted housekeeper in Lydia Hamilton Smith; she was legally married to a man from whom she had separated. Stevens helped raise her two children, and she helped to raise his two nephews whom he adopted after their parents died. Many of his contemporaries accused Stevens of having Smith as a common-law wife, a claim which he never dignified with a response. The exact nature of their relationship remains unknown, other than that he treated her with utmost respect and insisted that anyone who visited his home do likewise, and it has been speculated Smith served as TheBeard for Stevens, being asexual or gay.
* UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla was a lifelong bachelor despite [[ChickMagnet accounts of women vying for his affection]], claiming that [[VirginPower chastity]] [[MarriedToTheJob was helpful in his scientific abilities]]. Toward the end of his life, however, he expressed some regret about never getting into a relationship.
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* The only unmarried [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates President]] of the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates was UsefulNotes/JamesBuchanan, although the exact reason for this is debatable. It might be a lost love example; he was engaged to a wealthy woman as a young lawyer but the relationship ended quite suddenly after she heard rumors he was marrying her for money and she died under mysterious circumstances (likely suicide) shortly thereafter. He was notoriously {{commitment|Issues}}phobic, both in politics and his personal life, the former of which lead to the start of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. He might also have been, to use modern terms, asexual or gay. He lived with a man, Alabama politician William Rufus King, for over a decade. They were both effeminate and King was widely referred to as "Mrs. Buchanan" or "Aunt Fancy" by UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson more specifically. These sorts of living arrangements weren't uncommon in the mid-19th century and politicians in that era were notoriously catty but on the other hand, King referred to their relationship as "communion". All of their correspondence with each other were destroyed, so there is no definitive answer about the nature of their relationship.

* Creator/CSLewis seems to have been the "Uninterested in Love" variety for most of his life until he met Joy Gresham and married her at the age of 58. Even then, it was only a CitizenshipMarriage at first, until she got cancer and he realized how much he loved her; they subsequently married in the Church and losing her nearly destroyed him.
* [[UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton Sir Isaac Newton]] was likely a combination of MarriedToTheJob and HeManWomanHater; he proudly claimed to be a virgin on his deathbed and Voltaire wrote of him that he "had neither passion nor weakness; he never went near any woman."
* Thaddeus Stevens, the "Great Commoner" of American history, is an interesting case. It's confirmed that he never married, at least legally, and there's no indication that he ever even considered doing so. However, during the years that he lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he had a devoted housekeeper in Lydia Hamilton Smith; she was legally married to a man from whom she had separated. Stevens helped raise her two children, and she helped to raise his two nephews whom he adopted after their parents died. Many of his contemporaries accused Stevens of having Smith as a common-law wife, a claim which he never dignified with a response. The exact nature of their relationship remains unknown, other than that he treated her with utmost respect and insisted that anyone who visited his home do likewise. A case can be made that he may have been asexual, and used the perception of his relationship with Smith as a cover.
* UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla was a lifelong bachelor despite [[ChickMagnet accounts of women vying for his affection]], claiming that [[VirginPower chastity]] [[MarriedToTheJob was helpful in his scientific abilities]]. Toward the end of his life, however, he expressed some regret about this.[[note]]Technically, he did fall in love with a pigeon.[[/note]]

* Creator/CSLewis seems to have been the "Uninterested in Love" variety for most of his life until he met Joy Gresham and married her at the age of 58. Even then, it was only a CitizenshipMarriage at first, until she got cancer and he realized how much he needed her.

[[MarriageTropes Marriage.]][[note]]Or, to some, [[Film/ThePrincessBride mawwiage.]][[/note]]

[[SubvertedTrope It's not for everyone.]]

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with getting a four-year college degree.]]

* The only unmarried [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates President]] of the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates was UsefulNotes/JamesBuchanan, although the exact reason for this is debatable. It might be a lost love example; he was engaged to a wealthy woman as a young lawyer but the relationship ended quite suddenly after she heard rumors he was marrying her for money and she died under mysterious circumstances (likely suicide) shortly thereafter. He was notoriously {{commitment|Issues}}phobic, both in politics and his personal life, the former of which lead to the start of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. He might also have been, to use modern terms, asexual or gay. He lived with a man, Alabama politician William Rufus King, for over a decade. They were both effeminate and King was widely referred to as "Mrs. Buchanan" or "Aunt Fancy" by UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson more specifically. These sorts of living arrangements weren't uncommon in the mid-19th century and politicians in that era were notoriously catty but on the other hand, King referred to their relationship as "communion". All of their correspondence with each other were destroyed so there is no definitive answer about the nature of their relationship.

* UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla was a lifelong bachelor despite [[ChickMagnet accounts of women vying for his affection]], claiming that [[VirginPower chastity]] [[MarriedToTheJob was helpful in his scientific abilities]]. Toward the end of his life, however, he expressed some regret about this. [[note]]Technically, he did fall in love with a pigeon.[[/note]]

* Overlapping with CelibateHero, the Good Hunter from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' succinctly makes a point about eschewing marriage entirely. If Grace and Celestine's [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]] about a betrothed Kyril is of any indication, this point seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

*** Dumbledore is of the "gay before it was socially acceptable" type and of the one attempt at love ended in catastrophe type like Snape. Right after he graduated from Hogwarts, his mother died and he got a PromotionToParent over his two younger siblings. A fresh out of [[spoiler:getting kicked out of Durmstrang Grindelwald]] came knocking to his village and manipulated him into running off with him [[spoiler: with his mentally ill sister in tow]] for a whole year. His brother tried to stop them and [[spoiler:she got killed in the crossfire]]. He was also never able to forgive himself for it and decided from there on out, he was going to be a teacher and not ever get involved with anyone else. Notably, it’s left ambiguous as to whether [[spoiler: Grindelwald]] ever actually reciprocated his feelings or if it was just manipulation.

* ''Literature/ThisSideOfParadise'': After the death of her husband, Clara Page has decided to not marry again and has sworn off men for the rest of her life so she could be with her children at all times. Thus, she turns down Amory despite liking him.

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'':

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'':
** Anne shows little to no interest in getting married because it would mean she couldn't serve Catarina anymore, even turning down Duke Claes' offer to find her a good husband after the awful ArrangedMarriage her father tries to force her into falls through.
** While as the daughter of the sitting prime minister, there is no lack of nobles marrying her into power, Sophia's romantic plans of "[[ShipperWithAnAgenda hooking up her brother Nicol with Catarina so that she can have them both]]" implies she does not expect herself to be married. In this case, it's because [[AlbinosAreFreaks she knows first-hand that most of the nobility considers her "cursed" for her albinism]].