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Miami Herald ^
| 2/14/03
| Ana Veciana-Suarez
Posted on 02/14/2004 11:12:45 AM PST by qam1
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To: PackerBoy
The people I knew who were unhappy single are still unhappy, married or not.And some people are happy being single, then unhappy being married, and then happy again being single! ; )
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posted on
02/14/2004 12:21:55 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: ladyjane
You just described this Southern gentleman to a T! ;)
Seriously though. I would be willing to forego sex to cultivate a serious relationship, but that seems to me the quickest way to lose a woman's interest. Maybe that's just my perception, and I don't want to start a war of the sexes but it seems to me that most single women are pretty much equally sex crazed, and just don't admit it.
To: qam1
IOW people are being raised to be cowards and fear. The don't see the potential good only the inherit risks.
A life without offense, a life without any risk, a life without any pain. They want guarantees in life. They must be democrats. (s)they will want a government mandated dating service next.(/s)
To: 3catsanadog
That selfish woman who finds the perfect man will be very disappointed. He will not want her because the perfect man is looking for the perfect woman.
To: qam1
In Florida alone, according to 2002 Census data, there were more than 5.2 million unmarried adults, making it one of a handful of states with an unmarried majority (51.1 percent). Of those, 1.8 million lived alone. Some cities scored high on the single household numbers, too: Miami (63.4 percent), Miami Beach (72.6 percent), Fort Lauderdale (67.8 percent), and Hollywood (58.5 percent)Of course those areas are high in the number of singles ... they are FULL of retirees that have become widows / widowers. A high rate of singles is not uncommon in that age range. To draw meaningful conclusions about those choosing to delay marriage or be unattached, the author should have limited their analysis to younger demographics.
To: Paul Atreides
'Except for homosexuals. They are the only ones for whom marriage is not considered an outdated concept.'
Touché!
E.C.
To: RedWhiteBlue
(s)Is a big business conspiracy. Single people mean individual apartments and houses. Individuals who have to shop for homes. Where marriged people buy one. Those same unmarried buy two. They have to drive their one car everywhere instead of married people sharring a ride. This salls more gas. More gas means more oil. More oil means more profits for Halburton. Halburton is Bush. GASP! the Bush administration is keeping women single for more OIL PROFITS!(/s)
To: qam1
I don't know. I was married for 12 years and hated it. I was with the wrong guy and always had a crappy Valentine's Day.
Now that I am single my life has been great!
Just today I have I gotten 3 boxes of Godiva, Hello Kitty jammies, CDs, flowers sent, and many various dinner invites!
I just love being single!
But, to each their own. If marriage works for you, that is great, if not then there is a wonderful life of independence as well.
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posted on
02/14/2004 12:39:50 PM PST
by
Aeon Flux
("What does not kill us, makes us stranger" ...Trevor Goodchild)
To: Hildy
When I was 30, I didn't care I was single either. 30 is young. When I hit 35, then I began to rethink my singleness.
...now that I have hit my 50's, singleness has become a curse. The friends I used to hang with fell by the wayside once they got married. The various aquaintences I have met since those years I really have nothing in common with. Team sports I used to participate in eventually evolved to do it on your own sports as those folks drifted away too.
Fortunately for me, athletic activity has always been a passion and has ultimately sustained me for all these years. I shudder to think what kind of an individual I would be had I not taken to sports and had to deal with living alone for so long without them.
I suspect I would have ended up like that guy you see in your favorite bar who is there till closing time night after night.
2 nights ago I received a call from my friend Ron who is also a lifetime single but at least he has a girlfriend of over 10 years. He called to inform me that one of friends of many, many years ago (Ron went to school with the guy) committed suicide this past week. What a blow to hear that! Ron said he had just talked with him a couple weeks ago and Danny was praising his business and how everything was going so well. Obviously not as well as he let on.
Anyway, Ronnie and I were lamenting the fact that neither one of us had married and had kids.
When you consider the life cycle of the family unit, our parents raised us, reveled in the success of knowing that we never ended up in jail or got killed and enjoyed the remaining years they both had together once we got out on our own. They enjoyed our family get togethers but were probably relieved to get home each evening to the peace and quiet of their own house.
As they got older and more infirm, the kids became more involved in now helping them out as much as they could. Eventually Mom and Dad both passed away leaving the kids to carry on the cycle. As for Ron and I, the cycle will stop with us as we never created families of our own.
I have 2 step-sisters who are much older than I and the law of averages predicts they will pass on before I do. When that happens, the true reality of "singleness" will become all too clear.......
Hopefully, before that happens, I will have been able to find someone to spend the remaining years of my life with.
For all of you with families, you don't know how much I envy you and for all of you who wish you were single, be very careful of what you wish for.....
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posted on
02/14/2004 12:40:31 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(I've dealt with stupid people for over 32 years. Haven't I earned the right to just shoot them?)
To: Stellar Dendrite
"Consider the enormous popularity of Sex and the City"
yeah four single sluts living it up in NYC....and we wonder why the percentage of degenerate scum is swelling. the feminist propagandists are at it once again.There was a news article posted as a thread here a few weeks ago, all about young women who moved to NYC purely to live a "Sex and the City" lifestyle. Of course, it turns out that the lifestyle largely doesn't exist, so they're all miserable, empty and alone as a result.
50
posted on
02/14/2004 12:49:34 PM PST
by
Timesink
(Smacky is power.)
To: longtermmemmory; All
Excellent! LOL!
Speaking on the topic of singleness, I didn't get married until I was 36, it didn't work out, and I have been divorced now for 7 years, and I love my single life! Wouldn't mind being married again if I met the right man, but don't see that in my immediate future.
51
posted on
02/14/2004 12:51:02 PM PST
by
Theresawithanh
(Tagline? What the heck's a tagline????)
To: longtermmemmory
LOL!
To: martin_fierro
She makes me ashamed to be Korean.Have faith in the future:
(Okay, I don't really know if he's Korean or not...)
53
posted on
02/14/2004 12:54:11 PM PST
by
Timesink
(Smacky is power.)
To: dakine
I always got a kick out of seeing 50 year old dads at my kid's ball practices, they looked like grandpas to me...Ha! When I was a little kid, it always felt as if my parents were so much older than the other kids' parents -- mine had me in their late 20s while most of my elementary school classmates' parents were closer to 20 (or younger). Then again, I was among the very few whose parents went to college and grad school before they even met. :D
To: Aeon Flux
Just today I have I gotten 3 boxes of Godiva Those will make you fat, better send them to me.
55
posted on
02/14/2004 1:07:21 PM PST
by
palmer
(Solutions, not just slogans -JFKerry)
To: Hot Tabasco
have 2 step-sisters who are much older than I and the law of averages predicts they will pass on before I do. When that happens, the true reality of "singleness" will become all too clear Sounds like the true reality of life in general. I once got the full pitch from the Mormons (had them over each week for about 6-7 weeks). They finally ended up giving me the story of the guy who only had a couple people at his funeral versus the Mormon housewife who had 300 people at hers. That's when I realized I didn't need to be a Mormon and don't want anybody at my funeral.
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posted on
02/14/2004 1:13:42 PM PST
by
palmer
(Solutions, not just slogans -JFKerry)
To: palmer
Well, I do 3 hours of cardo and 4 hours of Pilates a week, but you are more than welcome to good chocolate.
From what I learned in the other forum, it pisses the commies off that we are enjoying chocolate today.
So everybody dig in!!!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!
57
posted on
02/14/2004 1:16:19 PM PST
by
Aeon Flux
("What does not kill us, makes us stranger" ...Trevor Goodchild)
To: ladyjane
I've never been around the Southern states. I hear Florida doesn't count anymore!
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posted on
02/14/2004 1:16:36 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: McLynnan
I won't settle... right now I'm glad I'm single because my mom needs my help.
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posted on
02/14/2004 1:19:31 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: dakine
Behind every mirror is a grandpa just waiting to leap out at you one morning.
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