Do Women Today Want "Sex and the City" Lifestyles?
It's always interesting to me whenever I read magazine articles about single women— they always make a point of saying how "happy" these women are. These articles also emphasize how much more women, today, crave independence. I'm not in a hurry to get married, but I also don't want to be 50 and unmarried. I feel a certain sense of independence as a woman, but does it mean I'm not truly "independent" until I work and live alone? Why is it that people turn their noses about couples who are 21-24 years old getting married? This used to be, as this article suggests, commonplace.
I am almost 22 and I feel stumped, not "liberated". I would love to start my own family, but can't because I'm still at college. I think it was better the way it used to be. Or maybe am I just taking for granted what I've got? I feel so confused
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@ Anon: Embrace your education! Start a family whenever you're ready. Your education will augment your ability to be a wise, well-rounded wife and mommy. You'll know wonderful things, you'll have better social skills and stress/crisis coping mechanisms. You'll be full of knowledge to which you can expose your children. Educated mommies are the best mommies! You CAN have it all!
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It's possible to be 50, single, and happy even if it wasn't your first choice. It's easier after you realize that marriage isn't the only escape from Sex and the City. You can decide that no man in your life is better than a boyfriend who won't commit.
The right age to marry is any time after the two of you can support yourselves that you find the right one, whether that's 20, 35, or never.
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