Ball and chain
Ross, 26, from Dundee says: "My girlfriend wants me to propose but I won't. My mates that have settled down don't have their own lives any more. I like my freedom and need to be let out to play! Yet, I know, I won't be let off the leash when that ring goes on her finger."
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Thrill of the chase
"I can't imagine not wanting to pursue a beautiful woman," says Andrew, 28, from Oxford. "It seems bizarre to me that other blokes stay with one woman FOREVER. What about the excitement of flirting and the first few months of anytime, anywhere sex? I wouldn't give those up for slippers and a half-hearted once-a-year shag!"
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Weary women
James, 31, from Brighton says: "I'd never admit this to my girlfriend but the real reason I won't move in with her is that I'm terrified she'll see that I'm a slob, realise all my flaws, or worst of all, get bored of me. I'm scared she'll leave me if she realises I'm just a normal guy and that I'm not some hard-to-pin-down lothario."
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Growing pains
"My parents had a miserable marriage," says Carl, 34, from Manchester. "They mistakenly stayed together 'for the sake of the kids' but it destroyed them both. They hate each other now and wasted so much of their lives being angry. I'd never want to do that someone or for them to do that to me so I stay well clear of commitment."
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Withdrawal method
Nav, 29, from Doncaster says: "I know it's all going to end in tears sooner or later, it always does, men are meant to sow their seed, it's a natural instinct and girls always get hurt by our philandering one way or another. So, instead of drawing out the agony I dump them as soon as there are signs that they're a little too into me."
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Letting go
"You should see my mates' wives," says Lee, 30, from Harrow. "They all piled on three stone as soon as they were wed and have given up work to be 'housewives'. That means lying on the sofa all day in a dressing gown with jam on their chin, eating doughnuts and watching Trisha. They let themselves go once you say 'I do'."
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Skeleton key
"I've got a murky past," says Gary, 32, from London. "I'm not proud of it and I'd be horrified if anyone found out my deepest darkest secrets. As soon as a girlfriend starts trying to get close to me, asking questions or poking about amongst the skeletons in my closet, I run a mile, terrified of what they'd think of me and my blemished history."
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Baby blues
Sacha, 36, from Thurrock says: "When my girlfriend says she wants to settle down I know she means she wants to breed. She's broody but I've never wanted kids, they're a financial burden and destroy couples, especially their sex lives. I've split up with other women that have tried to push me into procreating and I'll do it again if she keeps on."
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Premature ageing
"I have this vision that the moment I say my vows I'm going to age 40 years," says Tony, 26, from Bristol. "I'm being dragged up that aisle kicking and screaming by my fiancée. I see other married couples my age and it looks like they've had every ounce of excitement drained from their lives, their faces grey with boredom."
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Don't fence me in
Chris, 30, from Newcastle says: "I get very claustrophobic in relationships. Even with the most chilled out girls I find myself panicking that I haven't got space in my diary in between watching chick flicks and going shopping with her to play my guitar or just have some me-time. I hate feeling I've got no room to manoeuvre, to just 'be'."
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