Just read that statistic and it really surprised me—OK, I read it in “Talk” magazine. And they didn’t give a source for it. So it probably has an error rate of, like, 75 percent.
But still, it looks like us spinster ladies are not as rare as it would seem—so why does the media (and our friends) make it seem like we’re half a person if we’re not part of a couple, when there are so many of us?
Men, do you get this too, or is the image of the “carefree bachelor” still au courant? I’ve never been married, never gonna be married, and I don’t see as how that should make me a pitiable figure.
How are they defining single, Eve? Technically, even though I’m living with my SO, I’m single since we’re unmarried (& conversely, if I were living alone, but not yet divorced, I would still be married - ie not single). If you include the ‘living with’ category, the number probably makes a huge jump.
But no, it doesn’t make you half a person, although it is useful on holiday - someone to look after the luggage, if you need two queues for visas etc even ignoring the nice, fun part of having someone to talk to.
—This is “Talk” magazine, dear. It’s a good issue when they spell things right.
I assume they meant living alone. I guess now that women can earn our own living and single parenthood is no longer a social shame, things have changed in the past 50 years, and a lot more women—and, of course, men—are not getting married.
I just wish there was a female equivalent to “bachelor.” I think of myself as a spinster lady or a maiden aunt; but that would hardly fit a woman in her 20s . . .
I wish a few of those 45% of women lived somewhere near me. I’m not really complaining or anything, but I would check and see how the magazine defines single.
Either way, since Eve never wants to be married, I’d love to “live in sin” with her. Even if only for a short while. Woohoo, what a cutie pie! And with a brain too? Say it ain’t so! I would even be willing to bet she has the ability to reason!
“I would even be willing to bet she has the ability to reason!”
—Which is one of the many reasons I’m never going to marry (by the way, I didn’t say I never WANT to get married, I said I’m never GOING to get married) . . .
Well, I don’t know about the media, but my friends have never made me feel like I am only half a person. In fact, none of my friends can figure out why it bothers me so much to be single. But that’s because they have all had boyfriends and relationships.
The cover feature story in TIME magazine this week, “Who Needs a Husband?”, is all about single chicks.
Not that I consider TIME to be a font of wisdom or anything, but if you have a powerful thirst for information on this subject, plunk down a few bucks for a copy. You’ll probably get more knowledge than TALK magazine is offering.
fierra, for all intents and purposes, I am an only child as well. (I have a half brother whom I have never lived with and it has been 10 years since I have even seen him.)
The only reason it bothers me to be single is because I have no love life, nor have I EVER had one. I am 31, and I have never had a boyfriend or a relationship. Heck, I haven’t even had a date in a year. That is what bothers me, personally, about being single.
The article is available on-line, too, at http://www.time.com. I was interviewed for the article but didn’t make the final cut. But Time did buy me lunch!
The article is available on-line, too, at http://www.time.com. I was interviewed for the article but didn’t make the final cut. But Time did buy me lunch!
I’m not really complaining or anything, but I would check and see how the magazine defines single.