On why one is a singleton
by Bob on March 5, 2007
This is a rather banal ecriture. But someone asked me recently why I had never been married in my life since that seems to puzzle many people. So here are some reflections on that. Simple-minded and terribly pedestrian, but true. Or at least I think so.
I never got married because:
1. The girls who loved me and I didn't love them wanted to get married and I didn't want to marry them.
2. My girlfriends who I loved and they didn't love me as much didn't want to get married.
3. My girlfriends who I loved and they loved me -- it is sad ... they moved away to Europe or far away to another part of America.
4. I kept waiting for the perfect woman, who, of course, doesn't exist.
5. I had obligations to my parents ...
6. I don't like non-religious, non-spiritual women, and materialistic-only women. There are too too many of them. A non-virtual plethora shall we say.
7. I was too busy in my career and life to have time enough for my girlfriends.
See how simple life is ?
I do wish I had gotten married. But as Edith Piaf cautioned -- that one should likely not regret anything. Oh well. The fallacy of forward-moving time and progress.