Why do people react with such horror/bewilderment/shock/ sympathy when you tell them you are happily single? I was the only singleton at a table of eight today and the conversation quickly turned to "so when are you going to meet someone, why are you still single, aren't you lonely, dont you want to settle down blah blah blah " you get my drift.
Apparently my life cannot be as fulfilled as their's because Im supposedly missing out on some great big secret that only couples are in on. At first I laughed it off as casual interest but the tone quickly turned quite serious and I found myself under pressure to explain the choices in my life and try to justify why being single isn't a bad thing, often a personal choice and is not by any means some form of social disease
I then got irritated with my myself for feeling oblidged to justify it knowing damn well that a lot of the people staring at me had far from perfect relationships with their other halves and would put Bold and the Beautiful story lines to shame!So people in supposed happy, loving, carefree relationships what is it about a singletons life that makes you feel so uncomfortable? Why is it so hard for people to believe that a person can be happily single, straight (becasue apparently that will make a difference), independant and successful without needing to be in a serious realtionship? Will there come a day when a singleton can feel comfortable enough to dine alone, travel alone and be comfortable in the knowledge that the people around them wont judge them as some type of social experiement gone wrong?
