I’m embarrassed to say that the thought only occurred to me from one of those gifs, but there is a feeling of relief that remaining single will help keep my life story from becoming a Lifetime movie! 10% of homicides are committed by an intimate partner, and 70% of those killed are women.
We hear a lot about the fear that being single means dying alone. I'd rather die alone than be killed by a partner. And my taste in men is pretty rotten.
On this International Singles Day, let's celebrate life!
Let's celebrate our freedom, our financial independence, our vibrators, random encounters, and shaping our own days and nights.
My daughters recently turned 21 and 24. Sylvia is now the age I was when I had her.
The world has already changed so much. At that age, I’d never heard of Singles Day. I thought that marriage and parenthood was inevitable. I knew I could have a career, too, but I thought I was supposed to want it all.
I’m glad I chose my daughters and not the man. Any of them.
I made so many mistakes, but the best thing I did was show them that it can be done. That I could raise them without a man.
They see their future possibilities so much differently than I did at their age. I celebrate that most of all.
Happy Singles Day!
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