i remember a sex and the city episode where carrie noted that chronically-single people get the shaft because they never get the chance to enjoy the abundance of gifts that are showered upon people when they get married or have a kid. i have to say that, in a non-bitter way, i agree with her... it really is the shaft sometimes.
i never plan on marrying (not even noting the obvious that i CAN'T) nor do i plan on having kids... i guess that just makes people like me stronger... *shrug*
and oddly enough, unlike most situations, i really am not bitter. i think i'm not bitter because i don't even WANT to begin to have the type of life that a married couple or parents have (it's just not the life for me). so i guess that not getting the extra abundance showered on me by friends or co-workers is a gift in itself. a gift that is showing me that, indeed, i am living the life that i'm happy with.
but i wouldn't turn down a set of waterford martini glasses as a "you're cool" gift because, well, you know, you'd buy them for me if i was getting married or popping an 8 lb kid out of my vagina = )
"i never plan on marrying (not even noting the obvious that i CAN'T)"
ReplyDeleteYou can in Canada! Perhaps that's why it's call CANada...
I saw a "Dear Abby" thing on this once. This mother was throwing a "Happy to Be Single" party for her daughter who was in her mid-thirties & who had never been married, wasn't going to get married etc and who'd owned her own home for like 10 years.
ReplyDeleteI guess it's some sort of new thing. Kinda caught me off guard because how often do you hear about stuff like that? If I were the girl, I'd be embarassed about it.
Anywho, if you ever do find the right one & go through some sort of ceremony thing or something, I'm sure a friend or two will throw you a party. Isn't it darn near the same thing anyway? You commiting your life to someone else? I say yep.