This is my life ... let me live it!

A friend on FB recently posted a note entitled "Velveeta".  No, she's not talking about the cheese.  It dealt with the fact that she is single and has been asked that question "why are you still single?  You're smart, beautiful...don't you want to get married and have kids?".  Sigh.  This is my response to that whole thing:

"I seriously hate it when people ask me that question of why I'm still single. To me, its very offensive and makes me think there is something wrong with me! Perhaps I chose this path, perhaps I'm meant to live independently and survive on... my own. Whatever the reason, it's nobody's business but mine! My grandfather told me years ago that he wanted me to stay single, become independent, learn how to take care of myself and not get married till I was 40, if ever! Currently, I'm on that path.   Not that I don't want to meet someone and perhaps one day "settle down", but for now, I'm enjoying my "freedom" of being able to do my own thing and be my own person and do things in my time frame. I have friends that are my close family and of course I have cats that are my children. Family members (besides Grandpa) who ask me when I'm going to get married and have kids basically just wanna see me happy, but who says I'm not?! I'm having a grand ol'time meeting new people and going places."

 

I'm sure that if/when I do meet that special someone and decide to develop something permanent, I will most likely change my routine, schedule, whatever, but right now I love that I'm busy with work and running.  And running is quickly overtaking working as that's all I want to do!

 

So to those who continue to throw that dreaded question at me, STOP!  You are not paying me a compliment and if you are so overcome with my beauty and brains, and say that the man who gets me is a lucky guy, then why don't you step up and be "Mr. Lucky man that get's this"!