History Main / DeconfirmedBachelor

* In the musical ''Theatre/{{CompanySondheim}}'', Robert ("Bobby") is a 35-year-old New York bachelor whose circle of non-romantic friends are all couples. In the song "Side By Side By Side" he sings:

* In the musical ''Theatre/{{Company}}'', Robert ("Bobby") is a 35-year-old New York bachelor whose circle of non-romantic friends are all couples. In the song "Side By Side By Side" he sings:

* Bernard Nadler from ''Series/{{Lost}}'' was a bachelor for 56 years before meeting Rose. Five months later he proposed to her and even learning that she had terminal cancer with only a year to live didn't deterr him.

* Ivan Vorpatril is TheCasanova type for most of the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' until he falls in love and gets married (not necessarily in that order) in ''Literature/CaptainVorpatrilsAlliance''.

* ''{{Friends}}'': Chandler. At the beginning of the series he has serious problems with commitment. Then he falls in love with Monica, and they stay together for the rest of the series. Deconstructed as before this he did ''want'' commitment but was scarred by his parents' divorce and hurt whenever he tried to commit. Ironically he turns out to be better at serious relationships than casual dating. He also states Monica made him happier than he'd ever been before.

* Ivan Vorpatril until being married in the last volume of ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' is TheCasanova type.

Bob is a ConfirmedBachelor and has been as long as anyone can remember. He dates with abandon but has no interest in making a permanent commitment. In fact, he usually denounces marriage and anyone foolish enough to enter into it. He says things like "Men who get married are whipped. I'd never let myself get ensnared by a woman."

* Ivan Vorpatril until being married in the last volume of VorkosiganSaga is TheCasanova type.

* In the musical ''{{Company}}'', Robert ("Bobby") is a 35-year-old New York bachelor whose circle of non-romantic friends are all couples. In the song "Side By Side By Side" he sings:

* Danny on ''{{CSI NY}}''

Of course, [[TemptingFate the marriage gods are not mocked]]: the more Bob insists he will never, ''ever'' marry, the more likely it is that he's going to meet The One. Alice will come along, and by hook or by crook (love at first sight, her feminine wiles, the plotting of all Bob's friends who would love to make him eat his words or a combination of the above), Bob ends up willingly, happily tying the knot and becoming a deconfirmed bachelor.

* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Barney and Robin are both this, though Robin is slightly less agressive about it. They of course beat the narrator Ted down the alter even though he has wanted to get married since the first season. [[spoiler: Ted meets his wife at their wedding.]]

* ''{{Friends}}'': Chandler. At the beginning of the series he has serious problems with committment. Then he falls in love with Monica, and they stay together for the rest of the series. Deconstructed as before this he did ''want'' committment but was scarred by his parents divorce and hurt whenever he tried to committ. Ironically he turns out to be better at serious relationships that casual dating. He also states Monica made him happier than he'd ever been before.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Mythology and Religion ]]
* OlderThanFeudalism: In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Pygmalion generally disdained romance and sought to prove that he could make a statue more beautiful than any woman. [[CargoShip Which he then fell in love with]]. The love-goddess Aphrodite, who generally tries to discourage that whole "celibacy" thing, brought the statue to life; Pygmalion named the new woman Galatea and married her. (He was lucky; if Aphrodite ''couldn't'' deconfirm a bachelor, like Theseus' son Hippolytus, [[JerkassGods she might arrange events to ensure the man's death]].)

-->'''Mac''': Love

* Creator/GeorgeClooney swore he would never marry again after a divorce at the beggining of the 90's, but then, in 2014, Amal Alamuddin came along...

* Creator/GeorgeClooney swore he would never marry again after a divorce at the begging of the 90's, but then, in 2014, Amal Alamuddin came along...

* [[George Clooney]] swore he would never marry again after a divorce at the begging of the 90's, but then, in 2014, Amal Alamuddin came along...

** Nathan Detroit. Although his love for his fiancée is genuine, he has managed to avoid actually tying the knot for [[CommitmentIssues fourteen years]]. Needless to say, he too is married by the closing scene.
---> '''Benny Southstreet:''' Yes, it's too bad that a smart businessman like Nathan had to go and fall in love with his own fiancee.

** Nathan Detroit himself, to a certain extent. Although his love for his fiancée is genuine, he has managed to avoid actually tying the knot for [[CommitmentIssues fourteen years]]. Needless to say, he too is married by the closing scene.

->''When I said I would die a bachelor, [[BlatantLies I did not think I should live till I were married]].''

* In ''TheTalesOfBeedleTheBard'', friends of the warlock from "The Warlock's Hairy Heart" are convinced that he will eat his words about love when a nice girl catches his eye. They have no idea that he ''removed his own heart'' to prevent this from happening.

* OlderThanFeudalism: In ClassicalMythology, Pygmalion generally disdained romance and sought to prove that he could make a statue more beautiful than any woman. [[CargoShip Which he then fell in love with]]. The love-goddess Aphrodite, who generally tries to discourage that whole "celibacy" thing, brought the statue to life; Pygmalion named the new woman Galatea and married her. (He was lucky; if Aphrodite ''couldn't'' deconfirm a bachelor, like Theseus' son Hippolytus, [[JerkassGods she might arrange events to ensure the man's death]].)

* Just as much as the the [[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing theatre]] version, Benedict and Beatrice are this in [[TheMovie the movie]]
** Made ironic by the fact that in the movie, the two actors Creator/{{Emma Thompson}} and {{Kenneth Branagh}} were married, but divorced before the end of filming.