[Peaches-n-Cream]

I am neither a wife nor a mother. It would be nice to do both preferably in that order. I'm at a stage where many of my friends have marched down the aisle, into the delivery room, and some unfortunately into divorce court. I somehow have managed to avoid all of that.

I agree with many of James' posts. A few times I have been asked why I am not married. People have even been so rude as to ask my mother when she will become a grandmother. I don't know if that will be a part of MY STORY. The assumption is marriage, children, and growing old together. The reality is that although I know many married people, I don't know many happily married people. I am happy. Not the type of happy that comes with accepting a bad situation, but a happiness that comes with knowing that I have been true to myself. Is there a Mr. Right out there for me? Maybe, but I'm not going to be devastated if there isn't. I am single and loving it and occasionally looking.

The real stinker IS the female who wants the romanticism of the old movies while singing "I am woman hear me roar..."

JAM, I think that there is nothing wrong with that. I am invincible, and I like a gentleman who opens a door and pulls out a chair. It isn't a contradiction in my book, just good manners.