WHY I LOVE STAYING SINGLE
If you had been with friends complaining about marriage quandary, you’ll easily get discouraged getting onto the marrying thing. The current statistics of soaring broken marriages should not only serve as a warning but should supposedly cautions us to be more critical on deciding whether to tie those knots. But as significant as it is, to me, staying single doesn’t have to do with having fear over what I saw and experienced with some of my “once married friends”. After all, I am convinced that keeping on a married life is a matter of perspective and willpower.
Staying single, to me, is a choice to stay happy. Alright, alright, don’t start raising those eyebrows yet. Hear me out and confer me the privilege to justify my cause.
Guilt-Free Life is Beautiful
Yah I know. Being married doesn’t totally end your being free if you are lucky enough to marry a very sympathetic, considerate and tolerant partner because that partner will never tell you to stop staying late at night with friends. That partner will keep silent over your weekend escapades you have been used to. Neither will that partner prevent you from bringing friends over your place to keep those late night videoke sessions you have been accustomed to going nor would that partner be nagging you to stay home on weekends. That partner will not give you restrictions, but your CONSCIENCE will. And when that thing (if I may call it) starts to hit you, there’s no way to go but give in and sacrifice the freedom you have been enjoying freely.
Continuing A Single Life is Blissful
Have you thought of waking up in the middle of the night figuring how your meager pay check can survive your family sustenance for a month? What about your newly-born baby’s expensive formula, the monthly utility bills, the unexpected visits to doctors, the salary of “inday”, etc... The list can go on and on until you run out of sweat and blood starts to come out. If you ask me on that, my answer is simple. I will never live a life mastering financial budgeting. I want to live blissfully as much as possible. Of course life is colourful when there are challenges to hurdle. But I am never fascinated to ordeals that will put other people’s lives at stake. I cannot let the baby cry whole day while eagerly waiting for the generous “Bombay” to lend me money. I cannot continue promising “inday” to stretch her patience a bit more because she also has a family waiting for that P2500 I am obliged to give three weeks ago.
Staying single is a gift you can give to yourself and to others. Imagine how lucky your family and friends can become if you are “available” anytime because no one is holding you back from them. You need not have a significant partner to enjoy what life has to offer. All you need is the liberty to enjoy every little detail of your being single.
Thank you for hearing me out. Those are just two of my so many reasons of staying single. I could have written five or more but that might strain your eyes already, hehehe. At least now, you’ll have some grounds to stop bragging me give up my single-blessedness. Stay posted for my impending piece WHY I SHOULD GET MARRIED.
