Ideal 08,
You took the words right out of my mouth. When people tell me to take this time to work on myself, it sort of feels like they are saying I'm single because there is something WRONG with me that I need to "work on". And I too am sick of acting like it is ok; It's not! I don't want to be single and it is always somewhere in the back of my mind.
I do a lot of international travel for work and let me tell ya there is NOTHING more lonely than arriving back in the states after being gone for a week or so and not having someone there to pick you up at the airport...that is the absolute worst.
Unless you count the time my Mother called me up to watch a segment on Dateline about how successful women think it is okay to wait until they are in their 40's to have kids and the problems they then have once they start trying...that was pretty bad too.
Or that look of sheer shock on people's face as they say 'Wow, I can't believe you STILL aren't married" when you say you are still single..that kind of hurts too..
I could go on and on…….
Though it does help to see that others are in my same boat. ALL, and yes I mean ALL, of my friends are married so I feel like I'm the only single chick out there sometimes..
We ought to be able to do something about this! We're a group of bright, intelligent women..Any ideas?
