Single and Happy in the City

The Times of India has an article today about being Single and Happy in the City.

Why would you want to be single?  I suppose at some point in my life I was okay with being unattached.  I may have been indifferent about it but I don’t think I was ever “happy”.  A few comments in the article caught my attention:

• “I am married to my job, and I have no intention of making a commitment to anyone else”.  I can understand, appreciate, respect, and endorse passion for one’s job.  These qualities really do make a difference in the workplace.  But at what expense?
• “It isn’t as if we don’t date,” says Meera. “In fact we encourage our group to go out with guys, set up blind coffee dates for one another and have fun… but we are firm that we will not get into a marriage unless we’re completely convinced that we will be treated as equals.”  I can buy this explanation for the reason they want to be single.  There is a lot of thinking in Indian culture that is absurd.  Women take the brunt of it especially when it comes to being single.  So I can appreciate the sentiment.  I also think equality is relative.  Comparing yourself to your friends or to your cousins abroad in different countries does not help.  Sure, I do it myself but I also know it does not help.

In the end, if being single makes them happy, then all the power to them.  My two cautions would be that time flies very fast, believe me!  If you find someone you’re compatible with, take the plunge.  Secondly, make sure this is not a knee-jerk reaction to all the injustices being thrown your way.  Have you thought it through?  Are you being honest with yourself for your reasons?  I can’t imagine people being so passionate about being single unless they really have thought it through. 

Enjoy life, live it up!