Coming to the stage....

not a worthy cause

I'm perplexed. 

Is there a handbook that coupled people read from? Is chapter 2 something along the lines of "Now that you are happily coupled, it's time to couple all of your sad, pathetic, single friends."? 

I think there might be.

The topic of my sad, pathetic singledom became food for fodder today. I'm not quite sure why ANYONE cares about my singletary status. Frankly, nobody other than me should care. Right? Well, apparently not. My concerned friend stated, "I just want you to be happy. You deserve someone that wants to be with you..blah blah blah.."   

Okay.

First of all, who is to say that I'm NOT happy? Is being coupled the key to being eternally happy? I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say no. I am aware of plenty of couples that are extremely unhappy, and are currently contractually obligated to be so. But that's not to say if I was coupled I wouldn't be happier. 

Secondly, I deserve a lot of things.

• I deserved a FREE education, (still paying $27k). 
• I deserved a merit raise this year (bad economy). 
• I deserve to win the lottery (who doesn't?).
• I deserve my childhood back.

Like I said, I do deserve things. That's not being contested. But I doubt what I truly deserve is someone that wants to be with me, just to be with me. If that were the case, I'd have no current issues in my friends eye. 

Yes, I deserve to be happy and I deserve to be with someone who wants to be with me, and vice versa. But I don't need people sitting around the dinner table talking about me and my singledom like I'm some charity case in need of rescuing. 

bah humbug?

I guess so. Don't get me wrong. Christmas is my FAVORITE holiday, but this year I'm finding myself having trouble getting into the ho-ho-ho spirit. I've decided to forgo decorating for the sheer simple fact that I'm not even spending much time at home these days. So, like, what is the point. I figure I'm saving energy. And the planet. You're welcome Global Warming.

I have a couple of tricks up my sleeve for gift-giving this year, but everything else is pretty low key. I actually like giving creative gifts...that's what makes me the most happy about Christmas. I used to be such a planner about the holidays, but now I've just thrown caution to the wind. 

Next weekend is a soiree, which I hope is a hit. Well then again, I'm co-hosting, so how exactly could it go wrong?