Single Again
When you were a child, you had dreams. Maybe you dreamed of some great career. Maybe you dreamed of getting married and having kids. Maybe you dreamed of being tall enough to reach the cookie jar. The possibilities are endless. But I can almost guarantee you did NOT dream of growing up and being divorced one day.
I think we can all agree that divorce wasn’t in anyone’s grand plan. It’s not something you aspire to, or even something you’re particularly proud of. And in most situations, it’s something you’d simply rather not tell people. I mean, it truly is rarely relevant.
So why then does every form which collects any demographic information feel otherwise? Ever since my divorce, I’ve discovered that most every form I fill out wants to know if I’m single, married, widowed, or divorced. And I have yet to figure out why. I mean, why does my doctor need to know this? Does it affect my health? Am I, as a divorced woman, likely to catch some exotic disease that a single woman is immune to? Or what about getting a car loan… is my salary suddenly more or less green if I’m divorced versus never married at all?
What is the difference between that divorced checkbox and the single checkbox in the first place? I am not married, therefore I am single. Do you really need to know why? And if so, where is the checkbox for “Has an annoying loud laugh” or perhaps in my case, “Is quite stubborn”? Surely that is every bit as relevant to the mole on back as my divorce is when I’m at the dermatologist’s office. Which is, to say, not at all.
I say there is no difference. If we are not married, we are single. Period. Full stop. And I’m staging an uprising of the no-longer-marrieds everywhere. That’s right, I’m calling for us to band together against this mutual cause. There is no need to be branded forever as divorced. We may not be married, but we are certainly single. We are single… again!
Here is what you do. Refuse to check the box. I’m serious now, the revolt is just that simple. Refuse to check the box. The next time you fill out a form in the doctor’s office, or a survey to win that free car, remember that you are single… again. You are no different than the never married. You are every bit as single as they are! Refuse to be branded by your past. Reclaim your dignity! Check the “single” box.
If we band together to make this point, the divorced box will fall out of vogue. It’s basic darwinism. We will evolve forms and soceity’s minds to stop branding us as anything other than the very basic “single” that we are. They will be forced to remove the checkbox and stop creating a new demographic category for us. We can re-enter society with our collective head held high. We can be single….. again!
Who’s with me?
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I’m WITH YOU!
Let’s start a petition, or something like that.
Single Gal
If I were more organized, I’d be on it!
AMEN!
Great post.
Thanks
Wow, you’re bothered by weird things.
Love you too. Smooches!
I AGREE 100% and to blab my (up til now) well kept secret have already been doing it for 2 years now!!!!!
We will never tell.
I’m revolting as of now!
Hooray!
The Revolution will not be televised
But only because the camera adds 10 pounds.
I dream of being Denise Richards getting 50K a month from her divorce. So you’re checking single women’s boxes huh? It’s just a marketing thing to get more people in the office no evil Fu Manchu plan.
I don’t understand why it is at all relevant. I mean, what’s the difference? That’s my point. Single is just single, no matter the reason.
Yes! Yes! Yes! (Wait…..that sounds like Meg Ryan in “When Harry Met Sally”…..)
I agree completely!!! I shall join you in this movement on behalf of all single gals everywhere!!!
Yessssssss…. our evil plot is gaining strength!
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It’s almost like the question “have you ever been convicted of a crime, please explain”. Like behind the divorced box there should be a line that says “please explain”.
I’m with you – REVOLT NOW!
And the answer is always “None of your business.”
I’m with you. Can we also talk about the Miss/ Ms. thing. Because this whole Ms. thing makes me think of my old maid teacher in the 6th grade.
See, Miss makes me feel like I’m nine years old and at a tea party pretending to be a grownup. This one may be more difficult!
Halleuyer and preach on, Sister. I hear you and totally agree.