You may just miss an awesome ride if you only look at happiness as a destination.
It's nice to feel needed... it's better to feel wanted.
Some people change. Most people don't. Accepting this makes it much harder for them to disappoint you.
Insecurity isn't an attractive quality in a man.
If it isn't going to matter to you in 5 years, quit stressing about it. (Also, quit b*tching about it. It might matter when you're all alone in 5 yrs because you're annoying now.)
Since all men are created equal, I have to thank God I was born a woman.