A single lie

One of the groups I’m in with single girls has been chatting away recently

About life, love, and the like

So many convos going in so many different directions. At the same time.

We are women.

We come from so many career paths and yet the message is the same

Being single is so much work

To find that person who clearly wants a relationship

Who wants to focus in on one person. Forever.

Why must being single be such a lie?

The lie of how much fun it is to date so many

We don’t even want to count the hours we’ve invested into it, we’d be considered professionals, of that there is zero doubt

The lie of how many options are out there

The options are more like a Goodwill store filled with used clothing all with holes, none worth salvaging

The lie of how much more time we have to ourselves

We’ve reached our limit

We are a great group of women, with great careers, going out to great restaurants, high end bars and meeting no one of value for years on end

There is a single lie out there, and we are all living it