When I wrote Thou Shalt Not Whine: The Eleventh Commandment twenty years ago, I never suspected that this chapter would eventually be written for myself...some 55 years later.
Top Ten Singles’ Whines
#1 Money
#2 Love Life
#3 Jobs
#4 Bills
#5 Cost of Living
#6 Weight
#7 Bad Hair Days
#8 Blind Dates
#9 Lack of Sleep
#10 Boredom
Twenty years ago, I wrote about single people from the safety of a 55-year marriage.
Now I’m an 83-year-old widow with five closets, a comedy career and a female dog named Ginger Ale.
So I’ve completed the research.
And my conclusion is that,
Being single is wonderful!
Nobody snores.
Nobody touches my pillows.
Nobody asks why I need five closets.
Except Ginger Ale—and she already claimed one.
I did not become single by choice.
I was blessed with a wonderful marriage and still carry that love with me.
But life handed me a new chapter, and I decided I was going to live the hell out of it.
I’m not sitting home waiting for life to knock on my door.
Although today, I am actually sitting at home waiting for servicemen to knock on my door.
At my age, that counts as having gentlemen callers.
