A fellow co-worker and I are apart of an endangered species….the single, christian, over 25 species (holy crap I’m over 25).  And we are dealing with some very similar frustrations in our lives.  As we recapped our weekends with each other we laughed about the common reactions of others to our status.  Let me explain…as a single woman of any age, but especially when you’re a little "older", you will undoubtedly get asked one lovely question over and over…"why aren’t you married yet?"  I know most people just don’t know what else to say…after all what else could a single person possibly have to talk about other than the dream of one day getting married.  As the afore mentioned species you are forced to come up with some kind of polite response that will answer their question and change the subject all at once…don’t be fooled…it’s an art.  My go to answer is the ever popular "Just haven’t found the right guy yet…so how ’bout them Braves?" that takes care of that!  But really…what do you expect me to say to that?  "you know I just thought it would be great fun to watch everyone else get married and have kids"  or how about this one "why am I not married?  can’t you see the third arm growing out of my head? Oh I guess only available men can see that".  Of course if I actually ever threw something like that out there the questioner would respond with a sympathetic laugh and say "it’ll happen when you least expect it sweetie".  Really?  If that’s the case then I’m screwed.  Cause at this point I could walk into an old folks home and be on the look out for a man!  Then there is the motherly advice of "this is just a stepping stone"…well this stepping stone feels more like I stepped into a big steaming pile of cow manure. 

I know what you’re thinking…and chris before you say "bitter, party of one!" let me defend myself.  I’m not bitter…well not today anyway.  Most days I’m cool with being single…it honestly doesn’t bother me at all.  But I’m not going to lie…there are other days that being single really sucks.  But like I said, today is not one of those days.  

Today I’m laughing at my status as an endangered species…Ill save the tears for another day:)