AT WHAT AGE IS A BACHELOR "CONFIRMED" and DOES THE LABLE REALLY MEAN HOMOSEXUAL?

The term "Confirmed Bachelor" is Old Fashioned and out of style but it's still used to explain why a man has not married.  It's what people used to call a man who has never married and isn't expected to marry who seems just not interested.  Of course sometimes a "Confirmed Bachelor"  does marry - a woman - and surprises everyone. 

I have a relative like that.  His first and only girlfriend was the woman he met when he was 42 who he soon married.  A highly intellectual person and scientist, he always had a cheerful attitude and enjoyed his work.  He was loving and kind and he never abused drugs or drink.  He simply wasn't one to go out on the town to meet women and he humbly admitted , "I didn't think I would ever marry!"

Confirmed Bachelors are sometimes the caregiver of a parent, or simply a Mama's Boy who sticks close to his mother, even taking over the roles that her husband used to - except for the sex.  Being one's mother's protector and financial support is honorable.  An example would be the artist Andy Warhol.

Confirmed Bachelors are sometimes "latent homosexuals."  They may not think of themselves as gay.  They may not be gay.  They may be very discreetly gay (like when they go out of town) or self identify as gay but not actively so.  They may be inexperienced with women or asexual.  Whatever, their employers, co-workers, even family and friends only know that they are not married, not close to it.  Their own discretion keeps others from asking too many questions.

Confirmed Bachelors are sometimes men who simply know that marriage isn't for them.
At least not the type of marriage they are likely to make.  These days two (or more) people can have a different type of marriage than the old Breadwinner and Stay at Home Wife/Mother role or even the two heterosexuals who will forever remain loyal and faithful type of marriage.  This is important because the reason some people are NMNK is that they just could not imagine themselves in that traditional marriage.

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WHEN WE'RE HAPPY THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS HAD CHILDREN - LIKE GREAT BRITAINS ROYALS and THE LONG BACHELORHOOD of PRINCE ALBERT THRUN UND TAXIS

The other day I was reading about Prince George, his new sister Charlotte, and of course his parents, William and Katherine, his grandparents, the future King Charles, and his great-grandparents, including Queen Elizabeth. 

I felt happy for them.  I loved looking at all those adorable pictures that Kate took herself at home and distributed rather than be invaded by some official photographer.  I felt happy for them and not sad for me.

PERHAPS NO ONE ON EARTH HAS BEEN UNDER MORE PRESSURE TO HAVE CHILDREN THAN A PERSON IN LINE FOR THE THRONE OF GREAT BRITAIN, Prince William. 

Of course if you read the lists of people who are in line to inherit that throne, say if there was some disaster, may it never happen, and those who are first, second, and third in line were suddenly dead, you know that there is always a plan for the day, but as Great Britain is generally peaceful, and the Queen seems to have the genes and luck to live into great old age, it could be mid 21st century before William is King and by the time it's George's turn there might not be a monarchy. 

Then, I was thinking about all the coverage of the marriage and the births of these latest royal children, and of all the other royals and aristocrats in Europe who must be parents for their traditions and, often, money, to continue.

I was thinking about the eligible bachelor and bachelorette lists that are popular, especially among the commoners who have the fantasy of marrying way up.  I looked at those lists and saw that there are some incredibly wealthy and "eligible" NMNK aristocrats out there.  CONSIDERING THE PRESSURE THEY ARE LIKELY UNDER and ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MARRY THEM, WHY HAVEN'T THEY?

COULD IT BE CHOICE?

Or is it that among their peers there is some knowledge or suspicion that they would be difficult as a spouse?

HERE IS MY PICK FOR THE PRINCE WHO MAY GO NMNK forever, or at least for as long as he can  (like his own father).

THURN UND TAXIS PRICELY FAMILY - PRINCE ALBERT

PRINCE ALBERT was born in 1983.  From reading around this family, his father, born in 1926, was likely a homosexual who went bisexual when he finally found a distant, titled, but very broke cousin, Gloria, born in 1960, who was so much younger, to marry and have children with so someone would inherit. They had three children rapidly, and he died when Prince Albert was only 7. Gloria did inherit a regal mess of an estate and somehow through hard work, dedication, and else, managed to preserve their family home in Germany.   One of her daughters married this past year with a commoner she met years earlier while in art school.  Another daughter seems to be moving towards honorable spinsterhood with a good career traveling and reporting on high society.  Albert, a billionaire who is a race car driver, like at least his honorable spinster sister, is said to be a devout Catholic.  I'm not implying here that he is homosexual or bisexual like his father, or that his unmarried sister is lesbian, but somehow reportage of the love lives of this trio has been suspiciously missing from all the media that covers other royals and aristocrats. 

So I wonder if any negotiations have taken place in order to get him married off, and if so, what are his true feelings are about this.