All My Single Ladies

I’m 28. I am single. I’ve never been engaged or married, and I constantly have people asking me “So how come you’re not married?” To me this is the dumbest, most ignorant and insulting question anyone could possibly ask. What kind of an answer do people expect to get when they ask something like that? “Oh, I just love living the life of celibacy!” or “I prefer to live my life completely and utterly alone.” Or “I hate feeling unconditionally loved.” Or in the words of Nacho Libre: “My life is good. Reallllllly good! I get to sleep alone in my bed every night for the rest of my life. It's FANTASTIC!" Next time someone asks me this question, I am going to spew forth sarcasm (and obscenities) the likes of which have never been heard before. When people talk about singles that are over the age of 25 and not married, they always think there must be something wrong with them, otherwise they would be married (right?!)! I need not point out that just because someone is married does not mean they are perfect (ex: Ozzy Osbourne). I am not married, and I think I am freaking amazing. So are all of my single friends. If they weren’t amazing, I wouldn’t be friends with them. I would avoid them like an STD. I have lived my 20s with the mindset that I will probably never get married (I do this mainly as a defense mechanism, but also because I am trying to be realistic and practical), and have tried to live this last decade by making decisions as if I will be single forever. Recently I was throwing around the idea of buying a house and someone said to me “Are you sure you want to do that? What if you get married and have to sell?” I have made the choice not to ever think like that. I make choices based on what I feel is right and what makes logical sense; not based on “What if I get married?!” Too many opportunities will pass me by if I am living life thinking “what if….?” Would I be lying if I said I love planning meals for one? Yes. Is it sometimes depressing to think I may grow old all by myself? Yes. But I choose to not dwell on that. I choose to spend my money on myself all day, every day! I choose to travel to Europe and visit friends in other parts of the country! I choose to go wherever I want, whenever I want! But when (and my pessimistic self makes me also write, “or if”) the time comes when I do get married, I will choose to be happy and not jealous of my single friends. For I have lived that life, and I know that there is a time for every season (or however that saying goes…..). And I will NEVER (and I mean NEVER!!!) ask single people “So how come you’re not married?” P.S. Does anyone even read blogs anymore? Or am I just sending this out there in to the black hole known as the world wide web?