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Is it possible to be a HAPPY spinster?
Daily Mail ^ | 06/04/2015 | Claudia Connell, Melissa Kite and Kate Mulvey

Posted on 06/04/2015 2:29:33 PM PDT by BJ1

Kate Mulvey, 51, says she wakes in the night terrified no man will want her.

Claudia Connell, 48, is glad she didn't end up with the wrong man.

Melissa Kite, 43, is convinced being unmarried by choice is a growing trend.

Can a spinster ever be truly happy or fulfilled without a man or children in her life? This is being furiously debated after the publication of Kate Bolick’s controversial new book, which argues that modern singletons are actually content with their lot. But is the author of Spinster: Making A Life Of One’s Own deluded — or on to something? Here, three spinsters give their views...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: single; spinster; women
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To: BJ1

It took me until age 31 to find my soulmate. We married two years later. I wouldn’t trade him for any money, nor career, nor “independence”, nor anything else.

A lot of those women harbor anti-male attitudes, I suspect.


21 posted on 06/04/2015 3:29:18 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: BJ1

As an aside...I wonder why Ann Coulter has never married. She seems to like men just fine.


22 posted on 06/04/2015 3:31:02 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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I'm 62, never been married. For the most part I am content. Do I miss the companionship of a marriage? Sure, at times.

Luckily, I have a large extended family that all live within 20 miles of each other.

23 posted on 06/04/2015 3:33:12 PM PDT by mware
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To: mware

BTW, I don’t have any cats, but I do have one forever puppy yellow lab. She is getting old and if I outlive her, my next pup will be an older rescue dog.


24 posted on 06/04/2015 3:37:51 PM PDT by mware
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To: BJ1

I know some very happy single women——and some miserable married ones.

That’s life.

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25 posted on 06/04/2015 3:42:34 PM PDT by Mears
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To: BJ1

Depends, becaue most Lib feministas are usually already insecure already when they hit 40-50 it hits them like a sledge hammer hits a carton of eggs.


26 posted on 06/04/2015 4:04:51 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: BJ1
I'm 42 and have never been married. Just haven't met the right guy. I'm happy being single. As the years have passed, my Pro list of being single has gotten longer than the Con list.

I think God wants us to be happy, whether we're married or single, have children, or don't have children. He gave me the gift of life, so why should I spend it being miserable and pining for something that may never happen? Sure, I feel lonely sometimes, but then I count my blessings and I remember that I have been greatly blessed.

That's my two cents. Now I'm off to once again claim sole ownership of the remote control!

27 posted on 06/04/2015 4:36:12 PM PDT by Luna (Evil will not triumph. God is at the helm.)
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To: AlmaKing

I have two corn snakes, so I don’t think the 42 cats would work. Bad combination. LOL!!!


28 posted on 06/04/2015 4:41:37 PM PDT by Luna (Evil will not triumph. God is at the helm.)
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To: CatherineofAragon
She seems to like men just fine.

Maybe they don't like her?

29 posted on 06/04/2015 4:50:24 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

That could be it, LOL.


30 posted on 06/04/2015 4:59:23 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: Dagnabitt

The Freeper secret number is 42. The answer to any math question is 42.


31 posted on 06/04/2015 5:08:23 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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32 posted on 06/04/2015 5:09:52 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BJ1
Is it possible to be a HAPPY spinster?

Yes.

I know a lady who chose never to marry and is quite happy in her life.

33 posted on 06/04/2015 5:09:55 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: CatherineofAragon
Ann Coulter likes/dates LIBERAL men for some reason.

That's a real thinker.

Apparently she must be good in the sack, as I've never heard her exes "complain" about that aspect.

34 posted on 06/04/2015 5:35:22 PM PDT by boop (Hey, stoop, that's got gears. It ain't no Ford.)
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To: boop

That’s even more of a mystery, IMO.

The way she shreds liberals in her books, choosing to spend her time with them makes no sense at all.

Personally I think I might last about five minutes with a leftwing man before throwing something at him.


35 posted on 06/04/2015 7:16:43 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: BJ1

61. Never married. Don’t have a problem with men. Don’t have a cat. Have done a lot of fun things and am VERY happy. Am constantly amazed at why people think this is strange. Whatever.


36 posted on 06/04/2015 7:21:56 PM PDT by PinkChampagneonIce
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