Posted on 05/10/2009 9:05:03 PM PDT by chasio649
In a recent column on the Huffington Post, "Why I'm Single," writer Lea Lane lists all the reasons that she's still single. Why? So she can send the URL to all the nosy, possibly well-meaning busy-bodies who keep asking her why she isn't in a relationship.
Lane presents a persuasive case; it almost made me wish for the days I, too, had the whole bed to myself. She's one of what I'll call the "Happies," women who are perfectly content with their single status.
They don't want for a companion; they love their solitude and have enough friends, hobbies, and passions to keep themselves busy.
Although, most Happies, like Lane, are "open to options, and do understand the beauty and wonder -- and blessing -- of a good relationship," they neither actively seek one nor passively hope and pray one comes their way. The Happies say they don't need a relationship to be content, and, by God, they mean it.
On the other side of the single lady spectrum, you've got the "Crappies." They're the single ladies with really crappy attitudes. Take, for example, Jezebel's Megan Carpentier, who responded to Lane's column with a list of her own, a list that not only doesn't make me a little nostalgic for my single days, it makes me sort of, well, sad -- for her.
I'm sad for the Crappies, because, as much as they say
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50% of all marriages end in divorce, but that's not such a bad thing since the other 50% end in death.
SPINSTERS
Ever notice that all their "SPINNING" seems to be leftward???
You are a smart man!
First, coffee, then take it from there.
Easier to walk away from a cup of coffee, rather than spend a miserable time through a whole meal.
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ROFL!!!!!
#10 is probably the reason I’m still single...
Personally, I don’t mind it too much as I’m still a bit young to get married. If a good guy (who’s single, see above about parking spaces) comes along at the right time for both of us, then I won’t be single. Until then, I’ll enjoy things like putting Batman sheets on my bed, or not caring if you can barely see the floor in my room under all the laundry cause nobody else is going in there, or playing video games/watching sci-fi with my single friends on weekend nights instead of worrying about going on a date...
Same reason I still am but I don’t do the Batman sheets or have my stuff strewn around ... I’m messy but not so much ...
American women can be trained! (Im probably going to get bashed a bit for that but oh well!) Thanks to my hubby I now drive a truck, go hunting and fishing, drink beer, and listen to country music. I buy shoes that are comfortable, and purses that are sturdy. I want not for friendship - he provides all of that I could want. (I tried having women friends but got really sick of being a shoulder and an audience to their husband-bashing.) He is very proud of the work he has done on me.
Why is that guy wearing that shirt?
Of course all the good men/women are taken. Why? Because they’re GOOD!
Since most women outlive men, that's a poor reason to get married - planning for a one-time event. And what if you die suddenly in an accident? What a waste of being married!
Well, BruceysMom, you sound like a gem to me.
We are the same age. I’m 50 years old.
I often tell anyone who will listen to me, that I would rather have one 50 year old, than two 25 year olds.
And, most of them think I’m joking.
By the way, my best (girl) friend is approaching 60.
(Don’t tell her I told you.)
She would rather hang out with the boys,rather than some of the superficial, gossipy women around here.
Take care. We know who we are.
You gave me a good chuckle when you said you got tired of being a shoulder, and sounding board.
My best (girl) friend says exactly the same thing to me.
She knows that when one of her friends call her, out of the blue, that she will get a ear-full of complaints.
That’s why she would rather hang out with me, and our other male friends.
I love hanging out with the guys! They are welcome at my house any time, and they know it.
My BIGGEST regret after leaving the USMC, is that I did not move to Chile, Argentina or Uruguay.
Spent some time in Venezuela and Brazil, where there are loads of unattached women.
Speak for yourself. Was married for 16 years (I'm a male) and now divorced and single for 15 and love it. Have had too many girlfriends to count since divorcing, and I like that they go home at some point. My experience is that with a relationship my workload goes up and the reward doesn't match the effort. Sometimes I just don't want to work that hard as I am so busy with other things and friends so I don't even date. And like it or not no matter what anyone says we all die alone. The lady who cuts my hair asked me once why I don't stay in a steady relationship or get married again to which I replied: "if I find someone who is more of an asset than a liability maybe I would" and she said that is something I should not expect to find. I said "well then there ya go!" Why would anyone strap themselves to a liability on purpose??
Wow...I have just the opposite experience. I know far more single happy people than happy married people.
That's fine as long as you move to China. Bring a foreign woman to the US and it won't be long before she becomes culturalized and just like any other American woman....
Totally agree with you there. That's why I keep one eye out for the Sarah Palin type....now that's a woman!!
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