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[bendingsignpost]

The number of children who, upon hearing that I am unwed, have instructed me to literally grab a random woman off the street and marry her, is frankly disturbing. 

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[alchemistdoctor]

I'm married and got married young, and the number of children who told me the opposite is also disturbing. My favourite was a child who told me "you should have tried lots of people first or you'll end up with someone who eats crayons."

[vyctori]

Society really is fucked up. Anytime I have a kid ask me if I'm married and I say no and I don't want to be married, their reaction is basically:

[hopelessheathen57]

Yeah, I'm also not interested in ever getting married (not even interested in dating) and the socialization really sticks with you even as an adult. I live in a really liberal area with really mellow parents, and even though no one around me ever suggests or even implies that I shouldn't be single, I still get kind of insecure about it sometimes like I'm failing at something I was supposed to do.

Thank god for all those Miss Marple novels I had growing up. There's not a lot of other happily single older person role models I can think of in pop culture.

[vyctori]

Getting married has been held up as a required adult milestone (along with getting a car and a house and also kids), so it's not surprising that even in the most supportive of settings, doubt still hangs around.

...And now I need to get my aunt's Miss Marple novels off my shelf and finally give them a read.