Being single

[Riders]

Ok so I was watching the Drew Barrymore show in the morning.


I saw one celebrity who had stayed unmarried their whole life.

She claimed that she had been harassed and persecuted for being single.

So I had put couple threads upm here a few years back about feeling attacked by the Christian church for being single.

I got no where. Everyone said I was imagining it
Apparently I wasnt

one example is people in my family and or church trying to constantly setnme up.

She did nor bring religion into it so I think I will put it up under general debates.

 

[IndigoChild5559]

She claimed that she had been harassed and persecuted for being single.

People who are voluntarily single have traditionally been marginalized by all. It's not just a christian thing. It's a "I'm doing things the right way, and you are different, so you are wrong" kind of thing.

The marginalization of single people is beginning to ebb as more and more of the younger generation choose this option.

Isn't it in Brave New World that people are raised NOT to form committed relationships? That day may come.

 

[oldbadger]

Ok so I was watching the Drew Barrymore show in the morning.


I saw one celebrity who had stayed unmarried their whole life.

She claimed that she had been harassed and persecuted for being single.

So I had put couple threads upm here a few years back about feeling attacked by the Christian church for being single.

I got no where. Everyone said I was imagining it
Apparently I wasnt

one example is people in my family and or church trying to constantly setnme up.

She did nor bring religion into it so I think I will put it up under general debates.

After reading your OP I went looking on good old Google and found so much about single-person treatment.
A woman called Claudia Connel has written an article titled 'Don't call me a spinster!', and wow!, you so have a good point!

Humanity manages to find so many ways to look down upon others, but I didn't see this one coming until your post.

By the way, so many of my neighbours and acquaintances (male and female) have been put through such hell within their marriages that many many people out there wish that they had never ever married. Honestly.

Here is an extract from Claudia Connel's article:-
In addition to smelling of cat's pee, we are seen as sad, lonely and unfulfilled. For me to reach middle age, as I have at 47, and not to have married means there must be something wrong with me. And, my word, do people like to have fun trying to work out just what that could be. Too fussy, too independent, too smart are just some of the defects of which I have been accused over the years. It's hard to think of any other circumstance where being clever and able to take care of oneself would be considered a bad thing for a woman but, when it comes to attracting a mate, they are total man-repellents I am told. And while we are on the subject, being funny and sarcastic hasn't done me many favours either apparently.