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Thoughts and Things This first appeared on SingleWomenRule.com
A woman at my job came up to me today and said, “Don’t get married.”
I looked down at her left hand adorned with sparkly shiny that wouldn’t meet its banded compliment until nearly 18 months.
“You’re not even married yet,” I said incredulously.
She agreed then proceeded to lament her disdain for her fiance’s sister and family.
She didn’t want her future sister-in-law in the wedding. The woman was evading bridal fittings. The sister was hounding the betrotheds for not cleaning up the table, washing and putting away dishes when they visited for dinner. Read more…
Tags: marriage, relationships
This first appeared on SingleWomenRule.com
A recent Cosmopolitan article by Esther Crain, “How to Have the Talk”, gave us single gals tips for sitting your guy down and getting him to say “yay” or “nay” to exclusivity, moving in, or whatever random relationship issue that you feel is important.
Should you have the talk or take a walk?
To this I say – Hogwash and Fiddle-Fuddle!
My advice is if you have to have THE TALK, then YOU BETTER WALK!
I think, in my humble single opinion, if you have to sit a guy down to get a clue about what he’s feeling about you, to borrow a word from He’s Just Not That Into YOU . . . “He’s just not that into you!”
Why does it have to be that difficult? Call me an old-fashioned girl, but in some aspects I’m a traditionalist. I wish I grew up in the 1950’s when girls got to wear letter jackets and pins and guys still said, “Do you want to go steady?” Read more…
Tags: cosmopolitan, defining relationships, esther crain, relationships