Wed, Jun-21-06, 10:10
|
|
Registered Member
Posts: 489
|
|
Plan: Carbs not
Stats: 159/124/130
BF:Playing the field
Progress: 121%
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hellistile
I'm 56, single, doing my thing and loving it. That's what's great about our society, having unlimited possibilities to do what you enjoy doing.
Purple hair, mini-skirts and high heels here I come.
Sure, the ideal is happiness with a partner/soulmate, but I'm not actively looking for one. If I stumble across one, so much the better, but until then I'm still happy with my life and myself.
|
Love your attitude. I feel the same. But I don't think the "ideal" is with a partner/soulmate. I think that is a culturally conditioned construct that is forced on us by society. If we are not pair-bonded, in other words, we are at some level considered "losers." And that's really sad. There is enormous pressure in our society to pair-bond, and I have fought that for most of my life. I'm still single at 47, sleeping with a 32-year-old guy, but really not in it for some long-haul thing. I've never been married and never wanted kids.
There's a reason the divorce rate is 50% (or higher) in this country. People construct fantasies about how their relationships and long-term partnerships are going to be, and reality of course bumps up against that. When the going gets tough, many people just bail. Long-term relationships are not always what they are cracked up to be. Plus, I'm just not a monogamous person. It's something I discovered about myself in my mid-30s.
Keep up the great attitude! I'm with ya!
Hair
|