Being Single with Cats

Today I heard on a radio program, as I was driving to work, that  women who do not get married end up being old hags who breed cats. I was horrified at the quote. Lucky for me that traffic was moving as slow as a tortoise otherwise for sure I would have crashed my car. Dramatic here, I guess. But I actually looked at the radio and said “What?” in a loud voice.

I guess that the statement was horrifying because the speaker was describing me. Not that I breed cats but do have a quite happy life not married and with my two cats; or perhaps it was horrifying because one would think that people can live their lives as they wish; with a family, without a family, with pets or without them in 2017 without being judged or labeled.

Maybe there are some people who are born not to be in a serious relationship forever. It is not something that I constantly think about. But it does cross my mind every once in a while. Not that I have anything against marriage. Been there and done that. It is just that being in a relationship just to show society that you are following its rules makes no sense to me.

There are some people that are born into families where they are brought up to be spouses and parents. On the other hand there are some people who are not. Being a mother was not part of my plans; however, if it had happened I would not be depressed over it and would have done my best to try to bring up the child into an independent individual. There is just so much more to life that all these labels and norms that society places on us.

Live and let live. That is my motto.

Written June 19, 2017 Todos os direitos reservados a Meire Marion

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