Why do women take it so personal when they are single?

[Anonymous]

Because our culture has spent decades telling women that it's on them to attract a man, not the other way around, and teaching them that they are never good enough, that there is always some flaw that needs fixing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the pendulum is swinging over to people wondering what is wrong with a woman if she chooses to get married to a heterosexual man.

I mean, it’s fine, no judgement. I don’t think there is anything wrong with any individual who chooses to live this lifestyle. It just seems kind of sad overall.

I'm married to a man and honestly, I feel this. Sometimes I feel like a sucker.

It was easier to have kids with a husband, I'll say that. But I have three different friends who went the single-mom-by-choice route. Higher up front costs but it honestly seems easier in the long run.

I agree that it is easier to have kids with a husband.
But anytime a woman who doesn’t want kids or is done having kids gets into a serious relationship with a man, I’m like “why?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do women take it so personal when they are single? I don't think there is anything wrong with any woman at any age if she has been looking and hasn't found anyone.

They don't?

What they mind is people commenting on their singleness, including posts like this.

I've been married 25 years but I was the last of my friends to marry.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know. If I look back at all the men I’ve dated, I think it’s a miracle any of us settle for any of them.

[Anonymous]

because a lot of them don't have enough self- esteem or dependent on men for some of the basic things.

[Anonymous]

I don't take the mere fact of being single personally. I do take HOW this came to be very personally. So if someone is prickly about being single, perhaps it is more to do with what they've been through and less about the singleness itself.

Now that I find myself single, I plan to stay here indefinitely.