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10 Items from a Single Woman’s Emergency Kit
Big screen TV (my kit is huge)
Vodka martini, dry, 2 olives
Vicolo pizza in the freezer
Skinny, cropped pants from Diana Slavin Womenswear
Non shedding dog and bed mate
Technology
Prayer
Ambien
Diversified portfolio of loved ones
Cute, straight Ballet teacher who can fix things
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Hi! I found your blog from the Washington Post article. I didn’t get married until I was 44. People would always ask, “Why aren’t you married?”, which I thought was such a rude question.
So when I was single, I had raspberry jalapeno salsa, grapeseed oil, and fancy cheese in my emergency kit.
Now I have velveeta, tortilla chips, and Dill Pickle Pringles. And a husband and two cats who all shed.
I love my husband, but I think that if he dies first, I will happily return to going to bed when I want, eating an apple and peanut butter for supper, and never talking about politics.
I love your attitude. And I have to say, I’d miss my fancy food. Can’t you have a stash somewhere in the kitchen?
So marriage means giving up things you love? I get the compromise in any partnership — you live to bowl, he prefers biking – but to complain about something as minor as refrigerator condiments, and that you’ve given them up because you’re now married? Sorry, but that’s totally on you, not your shedding husband or his cheese product. Geez.
I love my fancy food. And so far, I haven’t met a man I couldn’t bring along for the gourmet ride.
I love that: diversified portfolio of loved ones. That is my wish for all of us, and let’s face it, married folks and adults in general need this a lot more than their reality TV
I definitely need
1) a diversified portfolio of loved ones
2) clear boundaries
3) wine, and an opener
4) a passport
5) a willingness to say, yes.
and running shoes