Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary

I celebrated my parents 50th Wedding anniversary this month. 50 years is a LONG time! For two people to stay married for that long is quite the achievement. If I got married tomorrow and made it to my 50th Wedding anniversary - I would be 90 years old!!  And seeing as relationships and I don't get on very well it's unlikely it will happen at all.

Despite longer life expectancies and modern medical breakthroughs I have a feeling the disposability of marriage these days will be what wipes out 50th Wedding anniversaries. People are getting married a lot later in life these days and less and less people are staying together. 

It was a great night and my parents had a fantastic time surrounded by friends and family. My family worked very well as a team to put the event together. (start sarcastic tone here) My favourite part would have to be my Uncle's speech where he decided it would be funny to single out my lifestyle choice yet again. It was kinda funny at my sisters wedding when I was 23 for him to joke about trying to marry me off. I am 40 now! I don't know how funny it is to highlight the wonderful family achievements (and the definition here  is 'family', ie marriage and kids) of my siblings and then point out that they are still waiting on me to do the same. Keep waiting - the 40 yo divorced and happily single girl may not have the same priorities as her siblings - just maybe! Yeah, it's great being the family joke! You should try it sometime.

What I did find odd is that all my coupled relatives complained to me about their relationships and made  negative comments about being in a relationship. I've said it before and I'll say it again - Do we always want what we don't or can't have?

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Ahh... Coupledom, my nemesis.



Many think I am a little too negative towards coupledom but I believe I have good reason to be.

I always say "don't knock it til you've tried it." But I tried it and it didn't work - A man said he loved me and asked me to marry him, so I did. I tried to share my life with him but apparently he had other plans. So we got divorced. 

Coupledom has also sucessfully made many of my friends appear to forget about me. I used to always have people around. We would see each other every week if not more. But now, it just doesnt happen. Everyone seems busy and maybe they assume I am too. I'm not!

We all know what what happens to friends when they start a new relationship - they disappear. At least for a while into what is commonly known as the "honeymoon phase". But isn't  that supposed to wear off and then you can actually hang out with the friends again?  

Singles want to be in relationships and couples miss their single lives. Is that why they don't like to mix?

I am not opposed to being in a relationship, it's just that I havent found any that appeal. In 5 years of being single the only man that has shown any interest in me (that meets my apparently high but dropping by the day standards) is a victim of my nemesis and all the others are idiots!

I tried the stupid dating websites and speed dating and just getting drunk at pubs - no luck.

But great blog research. So you see, coupledom does not seem to want to be my friend. But everyone else I know seems to be friends with it.

There is nothing wrong with being single but it does get lonely sometimes.

I like the idea of a commune...