Tag Archives: being single
Making Friends, Grown-up Style
One of the reasons being single works so well for me is my robust circle of what experts call social connections: some I’ve known forever, others I only recently met, some I share a bloodline with. Lots of studies and medical experts support that –single or married– healthy relationships are what help keep people sane and … Continue reading
Posted in The Spinsterlicious Life Tagged American University Olli, being single, making friends, MeetUp 7 Comments
Victim…or Co-conspirator?
I keep asking myself, “What is wrong with her?” Why was she with this man to begin with, and why did she stay longer than five minutes? I’m sure some will say this is really none of my business, but I disagree. If it’s in the news, on the news and every newsmagazine and talk show, … Continue reading
Posted in The Spinsterlicious Life Tagged being single, cheated on wife, cheating husband, dating, divorce 9 Comments
Marriage. Kids. They’re Not For Everybody. Really.
Below is the reprint of an article I wrote for HuffingtonPost this week. At a dinner party with some “friends” a few years ago, there was a longer than necessary conversation about “what’s wrong with Eleanore” (me) because I’m not married and I have no kids. I’m a spinster. A pretty amazing one, but a spinster, … Continue reading
Posted in The Spinsterlicious Life Tagged being single, childfree, kids are not for everyone, marriage is not for everyone, single is good, spinster, spinsterlicious 10 Comments
“Travel Tips” Tuesday: Lori’s Cuba
My friend, Lori, and I have an ongoing lighthearted disagreement about being single. She likes to say “I’m not Spinsterlicious because I don’t like being single.” I always laugh because whether she likes being single or not, the reality is that she is. Whether single by choice or circumstance, I believe a woman owes herself a … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, being single, Cuba, Ernest Hemingway, Happily single, Havana, I hate being single, never married, Single, single women, spinsterlicious, travel Tagged being single, Cuba, Ernest Hemingway, Havana, solo travel, travel alone 7 Comments
Who Says Girls Can’t Play Nice…and Other Musings.
Every now and then I’ll read or hear someone say something along the lines of “women aren’t nice to each other”, “I don’t trust women”, “women are always in competition with other women”, and, of course “women are bitches”. And we’re all familiar with the concept of mean girls. There probably is a modicum of truth … Continue reading
