*writer’s note- I hesitated in publishing this, not wanting to offend anyone. Then, after two minutes, I remembered that part of being a writer means being completely honest. So here it is, I’m laying it out on the line. This is for my favorite single girls* “So, Stephanie, why aren’t you married?”
I don’t believe in the institution of marriage.
Seriously, I am so tempted to respond with that. Why am I not married? Are you kidding me? I’m not exactly sure what sort of reply they are expecting from me. There aren’t any good single men out there. I’m happy being single. Men are scared of my twenty toes. I mean really! What do they want?
I love how so many people (and by people I mean some of the married ones of course) separate the world into two identities: those who are married, and those who are not. The ones who happen to be lucky enough to rope in a spouse are the wise ones, and those other, scary non married people are just inflicted with some sort of anti-marriage virus.
Moral of the story: don’t ask a single person why they aren’t married. Instead try to find two people they might be interested in (bet it’s harder than you think!).
1 comment:
I am so honored to be icluded in this article. Being friends with someone for almost twenty years as we have been, is a rare thing in this day in age especially when you are not even 25 yet. I love that we can talk about anything at any hour of the day or night and I love that we are closer now, living 12 hours apart, than we have been our entire friendship!!! Thanks for writing from our perspective. Hopefully people we know will read this and be wiser for it!!
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