I recently read a quite interesting article by Jane Ridley titled "8 Reasons Why NY Women Can't Get A Husband". In this article she is reviewing a book called Marry Smart by Susan Patton. I tend to get defensive when I read articles similar to these- trying to explain why decent women are still single. Which leads me to world's most annoying question "Why are you single?".
In the article, the first of the 8 reasons is "you drink too much". I actually agree with Ridley on this one. No decent man is going to think you're marriage material if you are slumped over a bar, slurring your words with puke stains on your dress. At the same time, when you are out at a bar binge drinking into the wee hours, we as women know that we aren't going to be the cinderella of the ball and meet our price charming. We might leave a shoe behind, but that's beside the point. We're smarter than that.
Also in the article, places to "hang out" to find an eligible bachelor were mentioned and museums were one of them. I'm not sure about in NYC, but up here in Albany we have one and homeless people congregate there and fornicate. So that's out. What young single girl wants to spend time at museums anyway? What kind of stuffy guy will we meet there?
Now ladies, if you've reached your early thirties and you aren't engaged yet you will be labeled as a "spinster". I had to google this term. I got different definitions from "an unmarried single girl who probably won't get married" to "an independent older woman who doesn't need a man, blah blah". So all of the sudden we're old independent women who won't get married because we drink too much and don't hang out at museums? LOL. I blame the demographics, but maybe I'm in denial. Is 30 still the new 20 when it comes to dating? What's the rush?
-T
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