With the holidays upon us once again, I am faced with the annual question: what do I offer my coupled, family-committed friends? Should I offer them a replacement spouse/partner so that they can take the long weekend off to contemplate in solitude? So that they can join the scores of us singles who use these times to renew and refresh because we do not have the obligation to rush from one partner’s family’s house to the other? I feel so sorry for my poor coupled friends! As if the holidays aren’t stressful enough – now they have to do everything … Continue reading »
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Nov 162009
This week’s Too Much includes an in depth look at a new meta-analysis about the impact of a society’s income inequality on that society’s citizen’s health. It’s a puzzle that apparently epidemiologists have been working on for a while but it was fairly recently brought to the forefront again when a comparison between the US and European countries showed that the US fares worse even though we spend a lot more on health care (I’ll see if I can dig up that article again…). Nothing seemed to explain the discrepancy, though, it’s obvious that the reporting ignored consistent findings that … Continue reading »
I just sold my bed. A queen-size bed that no longer fits my down-sized lifestyle. I want smaller, thank you, easier to move. But I am noticing that it’s rather emotional to let go of this stuff like a bed! I’ve shared many a night with that bed, after all. It was a strange contraption – a combination of a fancy Natura bed and a huge mattress on top. The frame has been with me for a decade or so. The mattress only a few years. All of it come with stories, though. After all, two boyfriends have shared that … Continue reading »
In a previous post, I remarked that choosing to be single feels like a rather uppity thing to do. I promised to explain. According to the Urban Dictionary “uppity” means (ignore the other two definitions!): Taking liberties or assuming airs beyond one’s place in a social hierarchy. Assuming equality with someone higher up the social ladder. As a single person, I am at the bottom of the social hierarchy. The hierarchy that starts with singles, then unmarried couples, then married couples. I am supposed to move up to the top by marrying someone. Instead, I dare to choose to be … Continue reading »
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