A Jeep In Summer

just tell me who said it...

The awful thing is, it's someone who is older, knows me pretty well, someone that I respect and have turned to with various matters of life and romantic endeavors. I'm not taking it to heart, it is just one of those things about which you have to say, "Ok, that doesn't match up with truth and reality." So it can hurt because it got said, not because it's true. It's kind of like someone saying, "Hey, Mike, you're fat." I'd just have to laugh at them.

save some for me, josiah.
i want a piece of him/her/it too.

in nearly 28 years of my own singlehood i don't think i've even ever met a useless non-married person...not "even" the ancient ones. wonder what paul would've thought. you're right to regroup to reality.

seriously. it sounds like the person was in one of those flippant less-thoughtful moods (like he/she/it was really thinking about the color scheme of his coffee mug rather than the fact that 32 is not that old and single is not = useless). it's a shame "it got said," as you say, but hopefully it's extremely atypical and won't happen again.

Hey Mike, you may not remember me, I'm Oriel's cousin - have been one of the recipients of your hospitality a few times.
I just wanted to point out that people who are cynical miss out on so many good things. One of these is the fact that, with God's grace, singleness (even when you're 85) can be much more like a fine wine. Marriage is not what makes a person useful, interesting, or a soldier of the Cross. So, difficult though it is, enjoy the wine and the life. God gave them to you as gifts.

Thanks for your support everyone--it's cool and I dig it. Actually, this is not a matter I'm particularly concerned about anymore, it'll either happen or not. Whether it does or doesn't, God will take care of me, and he's already laid my road at my door.

But I am gonna start posting awful quotes every month. This was the most recent awful one I could remember.

I'm 32 and for the first time in adulthood, single (no kids). Its what God wants me to do right now. You sorta have to be single in your adulthood to (cheezy cliche' riiight about now-) "find yourself". Otherwise you might get bored after a few years and divorce like I did. I'm traveling and learning and discovering so many new things, that will only make future relationships all the better. Early 30's is like early 20's but knowing so much more, it's pretty cool. Nothing useless bout dat!