Someone told me once that if you're ever in a battle between your head and your heart you should ignore them both and listen to your gut. In response to what the letter writer's daughter said about her gut being a "drama queen" I would say that your gut can't be a drama queen, it literally doesn't know how. Your head can be a drama queen, your heart can be a drama queen, but your gut is an instinct. Let it guide you.
Most things on the cons list, while long and arduous, are temporary. The pros list may be shorter but its content is what the real value in life is made up of.
When you're single for a long time, people assume you want to be single, that you're comfortable with it and somehow immune to loneliness because you're not trying as hard to date as they may think you should be. I have been single for over 15 years and I can relate to Taylor's story so much.
@snorks Crime by its definition denotes a negative offence or act punishable by law whereby passion mostly denotes love, devotion, affection and respect and is usually a positive noun. As stated previously it is an antiquated and bizarre term in my opinion.
A "crime of passion" is an outdated, archaic phrase. It is, at best, an oxymoron, and at worst, highly problematic. Yet another phrase in our lexicon that needs to be retired.
@tamb "Boys will become second class citizens" has to be one of the funniest sentences I have ever read!
I had quite a similar consultation with a matchmaker a few years ago who told me I was "very guarded", that she wouldn't have anyone on her books for me and that I should go back online and "try Bumble". I had a 20 minute consultation with her during which she very swiftly assassinated my character and then tried to sell me an online dating masterclass she ran for a three figure sum. As a friend of mine said at the time the whole thing sounded like a bit of a money making racket.
Disagree with #18. It's tough out there in the dating world with all the virtual reality. If you're lucky enough to overhear real life flirting on a plane, be honoured you got to witness the beginning of a (possible) love story. Or just turn off your movie and look at it as free inflight entertainment. 😂
I love this article. It spoke right to my heart. As a single 36 year old who thinks about my fertility every single day, I can relate to everything here. While egg freezing has never sat quite right with me, I have a donor conceived child in my Junior Infant (Prep) class this year, which I'm strongly beginning to believe is a sign from the Universe.
@beachhouse84 Also when the male partner refuses to get a vasectomy and expects the female partner has to get a tubal ligation which is objectively a more invasive and complicated procedure.
Love the concept but is there a difference between Girl Math and (as Trinny would say) Cost per Wear??
Alisha & Glenn from Bachelor in Paradise are married now too! 😊
Another unrecognised symptom is severe stabbing and throbbing pain in joints (often mistaken in tweens and teens as growing pains). 25 years ago I survived bacterial meningitis (originally misdiagnosed as septic arthritis) at age 11 with this being the only symptom. The quick thinking of my parents and doctors within 24 hours, surgery and massive doses of antibiotics meant that I escaped any long term life altering side effects such as limping or amputation.
@grumpier monster I believe the term in the 80s/90s was DINKies. I remember my parents using it often!
Interesting that she says she gave up her seat because her son really wanted to go. In another report I read, the boy's aunt is quoted as saying that he was terrified about going on the submarine and only did it as a Father's Day gift to his dad.
Eamonn Holmes wife's name is actually Ruth Langsford. I have never heard her referred to as Ruth Holmes, on this side of the world anyway (Ireland and the UK).
I have a beautiful aunt with no children of her own who would arrive at our house on the birthday's of myself and both my siblings, every year throughout our childhood without fail, with not only presents for us but with a bouquet of flowers for my mother. When told there was no need, she would reply "You were there too. This is your day also". I now do this sometimes for my friends when invited to their children's parties.
"Childlessness isn’t confined to couples. There are many single people without children who are yearning, whereas their childfree single counterparts might be living their best lives." Thank you for the acknowledgement of this as this yearning often gets overlooked when you are not in a couple.
Something very similar happened my mother during my birth 36 years ago. The anaesthetist hadn't done his assessment properly beforehand and also had to be called from the hospital's TV room because he was watching election results. (?? the 80s were weird!) and clearly preoccupied. She felt the scalpel cut her and then immediately passed out. She should have taken a legal case, but didn't because she was relatively ok and had a healthy baby. I never heard her tell the story until I was about 19.
@snorks Nowhere in my comment have I said that nor, for the record, did I intend to imply that all First Nation's people have the same culture. I am quite aware that there are most likely sub-cultures among First Nations people as there are in many places around the world. My "Irishness" may not look the same as another person's "Irishness". However my point still stands that being "white" is more a genetic predisposition, and not exactly a culture.