Much Ado About Nothing

While scanning the internet for an article that caught my interest, just that I did find. And I actually find it quite appropriate with the recent passing of the holiday that some absolutely loathe and some cannot get enough of, Valentine's Day. I am on the fence about the holiday. I am single... so I don't too much love it when it rolls around, but I might love it if I had someone to share it with. Can't really say.. anyway. I found an article about America and it's obsession with single people. Read it here. It's called "Singled Out."

On Valentine's Day, I tweeted about it being Singles Awareness Day. I also tweeted that the worst question you could ask a single person would be "Why are you still single?" What kind of question is that anyways? What do people expect a single person to say?... "Oh, I don't know, I guess I have too many flaws" or I guess the single person could get all defensive and say "they do better on their own anyways." Back on the subject at hand though... well wait, here are some fun facts about Valentines Day!

In the article, written by Katie Roiphe, she asks the question of "why is this relatively ordinary or banal mode of life even worth commenting on?" I agree, what is so taboo about being single? Or living alone, but mainly, why is anything you decide to do in your personal life such a big and interesting topic to everyone else? That question may never be answered, people are so consumed with what everyone else is doing and what is considered normal that they get so wrapped up in other peoples lives to sometimes make them feel better about their own.

Again, back to the article.

Roiphe talks about Helen Gurley Brown's feminist classic, Sex and the Single Girl, which made a groundbreaking observation: that a single woman's biggest problem is coping with the people who are trying to marry her off. Brown wrote the book in the pre-awakened, pre-sexual revolution, time in America. She wrote about about the singles experiences, and pretty much said that it is okay if you do not decide to get married, although you may have to deal with consequences from society.

Pretty true. I think that it's true for many other aspects in life to, besides if you want to be single or you want to be married. It goes for how you decide to dress, what kind of music you like to listen to, religion, having children or not having children, having children on your own, and even the person you decide to be with, plus countless others. All in all, I think we all should try to make a conscious effort to stay out of other people's business, whatever the issue.