Fancy-Free

There comes a time when we think we are comfortable with being single. Then there are times when we are not so comfortable. Being single can be awful because you can never do stuff or share things with anyone else. Yet, once you start dating you always have to share everything with your mate (i.e., soul mate, partner, lover, boyfriend/girlfriend, spouse-to-be). I then started pondering if this is all that dating had to offer. I mean, when I asked people about the time they were single all they could say was, “It was awful and I was usually alone”. I couldn’t imagine why people thought that being single was depressing.

However, I can see why people would want a lover, a boyfriend/girlfriend, and maybe even someone to share things with. Although, at the same time, it also occurred to me that when people are in couples, some of them end up breaking up or even having a ménage à trois thinking that no one knows about their business. Ohh, how they are wrong.

I mean, at least being single does have its perks. You can get sitting in a restaurant easily, buying food for one, shopping for one, and so forth. However, in many soap operas, everyone in the show is usually paired or dating people and never single. Why is that? Is it society that views singles as a threat or considered un-American? I mean, even one political party views Americans as a someone with a family where the man is the only one working. What about the single people?

With all these questions in mind I begin to wonder if being single is the new trend. Just like Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci, Channel have a fashion trend, does this mean that singles are the new trend? However, I began to ponder if maybe a friend of mine, who is always into the “One Love” thing, was right. Perhaps there is somebody for everybody and it is jus a matter of time before we all have a soul mate.

If my friend was right then maybe my soul mate had already left the love wagon without me. I was about fifteen when I realized that I was going to find love. I know that fifteen is such an early age for love but I had been watching too many soap operas. I decided that since love wouldn’t find me in TX then I would have to find it anywhere…online that is. I went to AOL to see if they could help me find love through their chartrooms. I was about to give up all hope until I this private window popped up.