Beating a Dead Horse or How My Blog is Turning into Sex in the City without the Sex or the City

I feel a little annoying because I keep posting about love and other nonsense topics relevant to it, but it seems to be the running topic in my life and the lives of the people around me right now. Perks of being young in age, right? I have decided to reach out to a few people about this topic because it happens so often to some of us. All of a sudden you look around, it's a wedding invitation here and a baby shower invitation there. How are you the only single person you know? That can't be statistically possible!!

It's not that I'm against singleness. I'm not...really, I'm not. Time. Freedom. Energy. Money. It has all the perks. Through high school and college being single is awesome. You don't have any commitment to anyone but yourself through those years. All your other friends are single and you all go out and have a good time. Those were the good days. Those were the days when singleness means fun and friendship. When did the days of singleness become so lonely?

Inevitably, we all get to a point in our lives where we have to go grocery shopping on our own, do our own laundry, pay bills and even make our our beds (or not make our bed at all...your choice). It's going to happen because your parents won't take care of you forever...and if they do, you should probably get a reality check.

I've asked some input from some friends on the transition from childhood to adulthood. Although you are technically an adult when you turn 18, you still can't drink. When you turn 21 you feel a little more like an adult, but you still don't know how to do anything. How do you rent a car or a hotel room? What are taxes? Insurance...what? You wake up one day though and you are 25 (to quote that 90's early 2000's song). All of a sudden everyone has figured out how to get married and have kids. Do they really know what they are doing or is it just like every other life experience? You only think it's weird until it's your turn. It's not abnormal to be 25 and getting married, so why in the heads of us singles does it seem like they are doing the unthinkable?

At a young age we are always told that "one day when we grow up and get married and have kids...." ______. *Fill in the blank with whatever ridiculous thing your parent did to you that they are telling you you will do. I was always the kid (still am) that tells everyone that I'm not going to grow up or get married or EVER have kids. Grosssss

That's only where it starts! Every song on the radio is about how sad it is to be single or how happy it is to be in a relationship. Every movie tells the story about how women just want to find the "perfect man" and live happily ever after. Everyone always pities the single girl-this also works for men, but I'm not a man and this is my blog sooo.....

It seems that ever since the beginning of time, where women were just meant to bear children, we have neglected to change our ways about the singles in the world. I'm sure even back then Agatha, who hung out in her cave all day, was eventually shunned and exiled. No one wants a woman who brings down the group. I don't mean to get all feminist on you guys. The same thing happens to single men. The only difference is that girls are nasty creatures and if they don't like a man, they make sure no one else will. So why have we refused to change the way we feel about someone who chooses not to have a companion? Maybe back in the old days you needed someone in order for the human race to continue. Understandable...I get that.  So how come in this day and age when the human race has more than enough people, is being single so frowned upon?