- Having to put my parents as my emergency contacts.
- Married people who tell me that "it will happen when I least expect it."
- Having to do The Ring Check. It's hard to not always be obvious.
- Books about singleness and how I should like it.
- Living off of one income.
- People who tell me that I won't find a husband because I don't like football (this has happened to me twice in the past month).
- Renting apartments.
- Being annoyed by the "and guest" on wedding invitations. Or just by the invitations themselves.
- Having any ring worn on the index finger of my left hand being mistaken as an engagement ring, even by people who know I'm single and not dating (come on, people).
- People who tell me that when I am content with the Lord, He will send me a husband. That's Bull.
- Going stag to office parties.
- Rotating roommates.
Friday, November 2, 2007
things i don't like about singleness
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try being married and living off of one income...
and renting an apartment.
3. The Ring Check has become so second-nature for me that I find myself checking everyone... pastors, old men, the smokers in the alley outside my office...
6. Liking football doesn't mean you find a husband, either. I am always told how I'll make some guy so happy some day because I am a rabid football fan. And I'm like, really? WHO?
10. THAT MAKES ME SO MAD. I always want to say, "Really? I didn't realize that marriage was a reward for holiness. You must be so much more godly than I am." And then I fight cussing them under my breath.
i was going to say the same thing casey said.
Word, to you and Carla Jean.
I will also add ...
Eating the same thing all week because there are at least four servings in every recipe. And I refuse to own any cookbook entitled "Cooking for One."
stop rotating roommates- move to austin and live with me. my roommate left me high and dry with a house to rent all by myselt.
Hum. I have thought a lot about this post since I experience discontentment on this side of marriage. About #10 - of course its ridiculous to believe that being content will bring you a husband. What a self-righteous view of the gospel! In fact, having a husband shows you how much of a b**** you really are.
Some thoughts if I may be so bold? You know the purpose of marriage is the same as singleness, to live in a way that honors truth. Though I am so thankful for Gene, our marriage is messy, its painful, its reality. Just like in singleness, its working through the pain and unmet desires where we see beauty, where we see hope.
Came across your blog by accident. I love this post. I've been through all of those emotions and scenarios in 1 - 10. I always hated it when people told me I would meet someone, because...really. How do you know that? Or that surely God had someone for me. No one knows any of that for sure, and I experienced a lot of bitterness.
(I eventually did meet someone, but it took 26 years of never being asked out on dates before I found him.)
Anywho, kudos to you. :) You'll be in my thoughts!
Amanda, we often eat the same thing all week because we get our recipes from allrecipes.com - it seems like they make Catholic-sized meal proportions in the kitchens there or something [i.e., we always end up making some strange number like 6 servings or whatever].
Also, some room mates can be messy...and inconsiderate - making living together a real drag...
as if we are EVER truly, deeply content with the Lord (10)? We so want to believe that the things we do bring reward/punishment from the God.
As I prayed for myself, and my fears of the future (currently about the expectations and longings for my child) I prayed for you, and others.
Oh, and I am not ashamed of not caring for football either. Don't ever become the girl that pretends she does! We will just cook great party food - using those big fat recipes.
I usually half my recipes (typically from four servings to two) because I can handle eating the same thing for two or three meals.
Doesn't work out so well for taco soup or chicken and dumplings, but that's OK--I can eat those for a week straight, no complaints. :)
you could be 25 and getting a divorce. :-( (Like me...)
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