First Person Singular | 2009 February

Single Women and Cats

February 26, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

QUESTION: IS IT TRUE THAT UNMARRIED WOMEN OWN A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF CATS?

Barbie: Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride

February 20, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Marriage material (and other clichés)

February 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

From the 1988 play “The Heidi Chronicles” by Wendy Wasserstein, in which Scoop explains to Heidi (a girlfriend he could never commit to) why he’s marrying Lisa:

SCOOP: Do I love her…? She’s the best that I can do. Is she an A+ like you? No. But I don’t want to come home to an A+. A- maybe, but not A+.

Name the Source of that Offensive Remark (a quiz)

February 10, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

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Hazel Bishop

February 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

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I dare say that Hazel Bishop had no time for marriage. For years she pulled double duty, as a chemist by day, developing aviation fuel, while in the evenings, cooking up recipes in search of the world’s first smudge-proof lipstick. After 300 trials in her tiny home kitchen, she landed on the perfect formula. Continue reading »

What If Being Single is Really a Great Thing?

February 4, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

By the artist, Nancy Spero. (American, born 1926) from “Notes in Time,” 1979. Cut-and-pasted painted paper, gouache, and pencil on joined sheets of paper.

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Husband Benefits Pie Chart

February 3, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

FINDING THE PERKS ELSEWHERE

I waited (and waited) for that husband who never arrived. Finally I got tired of doing without the benefits I’d been told only husbands could bring and made a list of what I was missing. My married girlfriends say I’ve imagined a dream spouse who exists only in old movies. I say it’s a good place to start. Once I identified what I wanted–sublime to ridiculous–I began to figure out where else these needs could be met.

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