Single Life

I really liked the discussion we had on Tuesday about single life. I have been single my whole life, and for the most part it is a choice. I don't go out looking for guys because I believe that when I'm ready and the time is right, the perfect guy for me will come into my life. Until that time, I LOVE to just be able to hang out with my friends and I like being single. I can't imagine being like others where they have to have someone in their life to satisfy them. I think there is nothing wrong with being single. At some point, yes, I do want to get married and definately have kids, but I'm not rushing into it.

In the discussion, I liked how we talked about reasons people are single. Someone brought up the point that it could be because their parents are divorced and they don't want that to happen to them. When my parents were first talking about divorce last year, that's exactly how I felt. I was like "well, if it can happen to them after 18 years, then who is to say it won't happen to me?" Even though I am going through my parents divorce at the moment, I have to say that those feelings of being scared to get married and have my husband do to me what my dad did to my mom, are completely gone. I know that to make a marriage succeed, you have to work at it and not give up and you have to want to be in that marriage. For my parents, that's not what my dad wanted, and I think it's best that he is not in my life. I want better for my kids than I had and have it.

I am enjoying this class so far, and I think everything we talk about is relevant to my life in some way, and will be at some point.