Huffpost why youre not married

It makes it a superficial symbol of status - like a designer handbag. A wedding ring to showcase your ability to scoop someone's heart. I've been complimented more in Primark than Prada. In the same way, people can love more fiercely and loyally without a ring and ceremony and four bedroom home with a manicured lawn. Who is to say that commitment means merging lifestyles anyway?

The rise of solo living is on the up. One of those is me. I adore the man in my life but I've made it very clear that we won't be sharing front doors. I can't express how much I love living alone. There is no nicer sound at the end of a full day than a handbag thudding to the floor of an empty flat, the clicking on of lamps and the opening of the fridge to see what's there - and finding everything is!

Unless I had children - and at 35 I haven't had one of those pangs - I can't see one benefit to sharing living space. Whoever thought that drawing a daily compromise agreement on everything from choice of wallpaper to what time you set the alarm clock was romantic, needs their head examined. I know what you're thinking: I'm going to die alone with cats.

I have been charged with this before. But this is a myopic and selfish vision. Cookie Settings Accept. Manage consent. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.

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These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Advertisement Advertisement. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. All rights reserved. Humour reentered the dating scene, washing away The Rules with a huge dose of reality detergent. Are these the reasons you're still single? Suggest a correction.

Whatever it is, there's at least one big thing in your life -- an attitude, a behavior, a vice -- that you absolutely, for sure, under-no-circumstances want to let go of. At least not if you want to move forward. The sneaky part is that this thing holding you back feels like it is making your life more bearable! It's also telling you that you're fine! So how do you know if something is a problem? If there's something you can't or don't want to tell your mom, your best friend, or the guy you're dating -- you can be sure it's getting in the way of having your best relationship.

You're Crazy. You want life to bring the exclamation points!!!!!!! Normal people, and relationships? Big, noisy YAWN. You think of yourself more like Angelina Jolie when she was with Billy Bob. Crazy is where you use your cell phone like an automatic weapon.

You meet, have sex, fight and break up -- all by text message. Another sign you've got the crazies is if you are constantly telling long, involved stories in the break room about what happened this past weekend.

You think your listeners are wowed and they are, but to them it's like watching an episode of "Fear Factor. In fact, a sure-fire way to know you're crazy is if more than one person has told you you'd be great on a reality show -- and you agree with them. You're a Dude. It's not that you love the Cardinals, have short hair, or or make more money than most guys. It's that, when it comes to relationships, you want to hunt them down and kill them. You call guys, you text guys, you ask guys out.

You have sex like it's a temp job, hoping that if you rock a guy's world, you'll get hired full-time. Am I saying you should join a quilting circle?

Wear ruffles all the time? Um, no. But you might want to see what it's like to let the game come to you. Do not try to tell yourself he waited two weeks to call text you because he probably had to visit his grandmother in Milwaukee! Guys bring their phones to Milwaukee. Prequalifying a man like this will prevent the mortgage meltdown that is your love life.

Because at the end of the day, you don't need to know if a guy wants to donate his sperm to you. The answer will probably be Oh, hell yes. You want to know if he's willing to send your egg to college.

You're Godless.