MONASTIC TENDENCIES !

If you're like me you acknowledge that you have monastic tendencies. You love long hours of aloneness which isn't the same as being lonely. It means being independent and organizing your activities for the day, even if that's reading and sleeping. Uninterrupted Luxury! That is my wish for you during these holidays, that if you want to be alone you can indulge! Sister

THANKSGIVING DINNER ! THOSE NASTY RELATIVES !

Don't know about you but I've had some real nasty "Family" Thanksgiving Dinners!

BECAUSE I BROUGHT A FRIEND WHO HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO ALONG, it was assumed that this man was an important relationship... LIKE, "MAYBE SHE'S GOING TO GET MARRIED!" The poor guy endured a lot of personal questions, like he was being interviewed to see if he was husband material. A relative had the nerve to tell him I had "Commitment Phobia" which isn't true at all. So here are some things to be thankful for! THAT THOSE KIDS RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE get to go home with someone else at the days end!

DUMPED MY PLATONIC GUY FRIEND BECAUSE HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND...

and HIS KIDS, think he should not have any relationships with "past" women. This slam of BS occurred the other day and through an e-mail communication. My friend and I used to have lunch once or twice a month but a few months ago he seemed to disappear off the map. So, as a friend, I called once in a while, but he would say he was busy at work, or that we would have lunch, and then never seem to get around to calling back. He quit me. So wondering if maybe he was actually in financial trouble (Bernie, you know) or ill, I sent him a message asking him if he was angry with me. Open the conversation a bit, I thought.

Instead I got a message back from him that we could no longer go to lunch because this new girlfriend has moved in with him...

Hey this reminds me of being the single friend who gets dumped right after showing up at the wedding and giving an expensive gift.

ANYONE UNCOUPLED IS UNWANTED! THAT STINKS!

GOOD LUCK GETTING OFF THE SHORT LEASH my EX-FRIEND!

SUSAN BOYLE ALBUM SELLING LIKE CRAZY!

Susan has become our heroin here, with her astounding singing debut and resulting career, spawned by a British talent contest.
Link to the Yahoo news article by clicking on the title above.

LIBRARY GRANDMA's READ TO KIDS but what about those who NEVER GAVE BIRTH?

At my public library they have a program in which elder women read to children. They are posted as GRANDMOTHERS. Now I can't know if they all are in fact GRANDMOTHERS. The implication is that only old grannies are good for babysitting and reading to their surrogate grandchildren. There are no GRANDFATHERS, and a few pictures posted with these volunteers are of women who look to be very young for grandmother-hood.

ANOTHER SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS NO HONOR IN HAVING NOT REPRODUCED!

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT was one of us...

The Literature Network presents LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, prolific writer...

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEIR DOGS OR OTHER PETS THEIR "CHILDREN?"

Many people who live alone have a pet and some treat their dog, cat, or other animal as if it were a child. They buy clothes and jeweled collars, take the pet to special spas for hair do's, and fuss with the animal as if it were a child.

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ARE BLACK WOMEN MUCH LESS LIKELY TO EVER MARRY THAN WHITE WOMEN ?

Here's an article from CNN, a bit more than a year old, in which it's stated that maybe MARRIAGE IS FOR WHITE WOMEN. According to this article nearly half of all African American women have never been married.

Now there's nothing in the article about living together or having children without marriage.
But I thought it would be interesting for you to read anyway.

IS THERE A RACIAL BIAS FOR OR AGAINST MARRIAGE?

TWO BRIDAL MAGAZINES ENDING OVER LACK OF ADS

Wonder why advertisers are shunning two BRIDAL MAGAZINES! Could it be that there just isn't much interest in weddings? ANDREW VANACORE from Associated Press as reported by Yahoo News!