Table for One
As I searched relentlessly through the Room For Debate articles, I wanted to find a topic that I could relate too. Scrolling down each page, I was hoping to have one jump off the screen and smack me right in the face. I feel I do some of my best writing when it comes from a place I have walked through before. When “What it Means To Be Single” popped up, I found myself yelling internally, Hey that’s me! Finally, a topic I knew all too well. Being single in 2015, means that you are not necessarily seated alone at your table for one.
Across the United States there are many more singles roaming the streets than ever before. Many people don’t find the idea of marriage as appealing as it may have been years ago. Jon Birger, a journalist and contributor for fortune magazine, explains this in his article how “For the College Educated, There Is a Man Deficit”. Having always believed this myself, it was nice to read how it is actually factual.
Jon discusses how women who graduated from college basically have a hard time finding a man with the same education. Also, how the men who are college graduates, hold out on settling down. Clearly this can create an issue if you are seeking an intellectual partner. Women tend to want to settle down after college. If the men that they consider to be there match are holding out, then the women will have to start considering what qualities are most important in a match.
I can really relate when Jon starts talking about “mixed- collar marriages”. This is when professional woman marry working-class men. In my early twenties, I found myself dating a Millionaire. It was a wonderful summer filled with afternoon trips on his yacht, dinners in fancy restaurants, and everything else that comes so easily with money. That being said, he was way too old for me and the novelty wore off quick.
By the time thirty rolled around, I was dating a part time trash man. We had so much fun doing simple things like going to the movies and watching the puck smack up against the glass at Philadelphia Flyer’s games. I find myself wishing for the college educated man, but winding up with the construction worker, which doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
As you can see, I’m not single because I am too picky. Although that’s what most like to say about me. I choose to be alone because I haven’t found the lid that is the match for my pot.
As I searched relentlessly through the Room For Debate articles, I wanted to find a topic that I could relate too. Scrolling down each page, I was hoping to have one jump off the screen and smack me right in the face. I feel I do some of my best writing when it comes from a place I have walked through before. When “What it Means To Be Single” popped up, I found myself yelling internally, Hey that’s me! Finally, a topic I knew all too well. Being single in 2015, means that you are not necessarily seated alone at your table for one.
Across the United States there are many more singles roaming the streets than ever before. Many people don’t find the idea of marriage as appealing as it may have been years ago. Jon Birger, a journalist and contributor for fortune magazine, explains this in his article how “For the College Educated, There Is a Man Deficit”. Having always believed this myself, it was nice to read how it is actually factual.
Jon discusses how women who graduated from college basically have a hard time finding a man with the same education. Also, how the men who are college graduates, hold out on settling down. Clearly this can create an issue if you are seeking an intellectual partner. Women tend to want to settle down after college. If the men that they consider to be there match are holding out, then the women will have to start considering what qualities are most important in a match.
I can really relate when Jon starts talking about “mixed- collar marriages”. This is when professional woman marry working-class men. In my early twenties, I found myself dating a Millionaire. It was a wonderful summer filled with afternoon trips on his yacht, dinners in fancy restaurants, and everything else that comes so easily with money. That being said, he was way too old for me and the novelty wore off quick.
By the time thirty rolled around, I was dating a part time trash man. We had so much fun doing simple things like going to the movies and watching the puck smack up against the glass at Philadelphia Flyer’s games. I find myself wishing for the college educated man, but winding up with the construction worker, which doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
As you can see, I’m not single because I am too picky. Although that’s what most like to say about me. I choose to be alone because I haven’t found the lid that is the match for my pot.