Singleton city
April 24, 2008 at 2:41 pm | In That's life, girly world |Tags: boyfriend, Bridget Jones, commitment, dating, friends, married, settle, Sex and the City, single, singleborough
My mates and I have decided that if we reach old age and still don’t have a boyfriend we’ll all move to Singleborough and live happily ever after - together! I’m fortunate enough to have a healthy gaggle of single female mates to share dating (horror) stories with but we each live in fear that we’ll be the last one to settle down.
It’s not that we all hate our single status (well, only when people look at us as if we have a disease) but more that we’ve had so many dating disasters that we’re not sure getting married and settling down will ever be part of our equation.
Inspired by this blog post on the single saga, I’ve tried to ask myself why I’m single, a question us singletons are often asked. Well, the answer is ‘cos we won’t just settle for anyone. I guess, between us, there are plenty of offers, but not many that you’d actually want to accept.
There seems to be a dearth of cute, intelligent, sporty men with good jobs, a bit of ambition and a sense of humour. And that’s all we’re asking for! And the ones we actually fall for tend to be commitment-phobes of the highest order - or “emotional fuckwits” to quote the immortal words of Bridget Jones.
So, what’s a girl to do in the meantime? My advice would be to enjoy yourself; fill your life with all the things that make you happy - handbags, hairdressers and shoes maybe? and don’t be afraid to pretend you’re one of the Sex and the City gals. Men? Easy come, easy go.
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Do you have a ‘fall back’ boy? One of my mates and I always vowed that if we reached 35, without finding an other half, we’d marry each other. HE’s now married, and i’m engaged so obviously the threat doesn’t need to be carried out!!
Comment by Kath — April 24, 2008 #
I had a fall back guy, and so when I reached 30 & I was still single we got married - well not in the biblical sense but we cycled to skegness with bride & groom pinned to our backs and tin cans from our bikes - he’d even arranged for a wedding cake!!! Funny thing was I met a guy on “our wedding night” who I ended up living with for 5 years!!! so what does that say about married people!!!!
Comment by Jules36 — April 25, 2008 #
Happily married (happy as in I don’t want to kill him…yet
) met him when I was 19. A part of me wishes I had lived as a singleton, for a bit. Enjoy it…FYI, buying a pair of shoes for yourself, far more fun than buying a pair of shoes for your kid.
Comment by forgetparis — May 2, 2008 #