It has to be said...

I don't mind being single.

Wanna know the one question I hate being asked more than anything, are you dating anyone? honestly why should that be important as to who I am. Obviously if you know me well enough or are one of my good friends you would know if I was dating anyone or not so thanks but no thanks, perhaps you'd like to know my favorite color instead.

I don't think being single at 21 is a bad thing. I have a great life, I really do. I've heard people say, "oh I can't wait until I'm married and have someone to share my life with". I don't see me walking through life alone because I'm not married, I have lots of really good friends and even family that I share my life with and have plenty of pictures to prove it : )

Basically, I don't think I'm ready for marriage. There's so many things I still wanna do in life and one of them is be selfish, I'm not quite ready to give that one up yet. I enjoy everything being all about me and not having someone else to have to coordinate my plans with, or check in to. I think if I was to be married now I would feel left out when my friends did random trips, dance parties, football games, etc... and I don't want to feel that way. When I get married I wanna know that I've fully lived through that "independence" stage of life and I'm ready to move on.

I suck at cooking. I'm not ready to be the little wifey who has to come up with what's for dinner, my poor husband would starve to death because I don't think he could survive on what I would call my creative diet: crackers and cheese, cold cereal, Wendy's, Costa Vida, mac & cheese, coke, hot pockets,Panda Express, PBJ's, Arby's, cookies, Maggie Moo's, etc... and I don't need any more complainers in my life.

Marriage is a great thing, don't get me wrong, I have lots of friends(my whole graduating class) that are married and love it. I want more than anything to find the love like my parents have as well as my Sister & Bro in law have, but I need time to find it, those kind of guys are pretty scarce these days : ) After being a CNA and seeing adorable elderly couples I want nothing more than to find one I can grow old with, I need to be sure it's gonna last.

Besides, nursing school is tough! I thank goodness every day I go to class that I'm not in some of the situations that the other students are in who have 2-4 kids, a job, a husband(or even single mom's), and have to do school. I can barely do it taking care of myself! Kudos to you guys though, you're amazing.

Basically, life is great and I don't feel like I'm missing out on too much being single, also don't feel like I should be viewed as less of a person. It'll happen when it happens so any excess pressure or commentary isn't gonna make it happen any sooner : )

and that is my soap box for the day. whew! thank you I feel much better.