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He is seen in the likeness above in a rare, 19th century woodcut. This
image was rumoured to have been
commissioned after a bout of unpleasantness
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:: Today's soundtrack: She Wants Revenge "I Don't Want to Fall in Love" ::
It begins again, February, the self proclaimed "Month of Love." Since everything everywhere is currently busy giving themselves a reach around in celebrating the happy couples, love, marriage, et cetera, please allow me to raise a voice to that other lifestyle, that of the single life.
Yes, yes being in a relationship can be grand and O so happy what with all the fluffy bunnies and fields of daisies and all, but there isn't anything wrong with being single either. I'm not taking a pot shot at all you "in a relationship" folks out there, so don't bite me head off, okay? All I'm saying is (and hear me out) that just because some of us aren't with someone doesn't mean we're unhappy (Shock!). Many people out there get this idea in their head (especially once they become part of a "we") that no one is truly happy unless paired off, and that we're all some kind of sad, pathetic loners who spend all day in the dark at our computers downloading photos of Sarah Michelle Gellar. This is not so (sometimes it's Lucy Liu... I kid, I kid). You all look at us like there is something wrong with us because we're single. That if we're not actively pursuing a relationship, what else is there? Loads! There are hobbies, books, our jobs, television, the cinema, and our very good friends to keep us well occupied and plenty happy, thank you very much!
Too many of you people discern you very identity based on whether or not you're in a relationship. That boy/girlfriend=good and single=miserable hell. The problem with this formula is that you wind up defining yourself on that one person, which can sometimes be good, but oftentimes turns out very bad indeed. So many couply people focus on that one person that they wind up cutting themselves off from their other friends. They become totally dependent on this one person for their very existence that they bend over backwards to make them happy and it still sometimes isn't enough and wind up dumped with no purpose in life. Or they get so wrapped up in being a couple that sometimes they forget that they are in fact two separate people who can go out and do different activities every once in a while. Just because your significant other doesn't want to see that one movie doesn't mean you can't!
Also, let's not think for one moment that being in a relationship is some magical ticket to automatic happiness. Many people date the completely wrong person for them and have absolutely no idea until they've been walked all over, cheated on, spent all of their money and their Watchmen trade paperback mysteriously goes missing. Personally, I'd rather be in no relationship than be in an awful one. I mean, what would you have us do? Throw ourselves at a person just because they show us the slightest bit of interest? If anything is sad it would be doing that very thing, not choosing to remain single!
That's right; many times being single is actually a choice and not thrust on us by default! I say it's time for you couples to stop trying to set us up on awful blind dates with your cousins and just accept that we're actually HAPPY. Yes you guys just got engaged and that's swell and all... for you. You found that one perfect person for you to spend your life with and that's great, but what makes you think I'm going to meet the love of my life on Match.com? Stop pressuring us to get paired off and let us be happy as we are. I'm not saying we're eternally single and we'll go to the grave that way, heavens no. Just let us take our sweet time about it and do this thing right, okay? In the meantime, all we ask is that you acknowledge what we've got as a valid lifestyle choice and stop feeling sorry for us.
William (simply single)
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