Friday Mutterings
Aiyoh... I cannot buy clothes overseas leh.
The pair of jeans I bought from MANGO at JB is 1 size bigger now. I am wearing it now and it just keeps slipping down leh. Brgh. So my size has not upped afterall. Somehow during fitting it went up. And now it's slipping. Looks like I gotta go get it altered liao..
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Interesting Newsweek link. I lifted the link off a regular christian single newsletter.
Some things to note from their article 20 years ago:
White, college-educated women who failed to marry in their 20s faced abysmal odds of ever tying the knot.
20 years later, is this statistic the same for asian women.. Asian women like me??
A woman who remained single at 30 had only a 20 percent chance of ever marrying.
Hmm... So out of 10 men that I meet, 2 out of 10 may be my future partner... 'Cept, I don't meet alot men now, let alone 10... *Working out the equation...*
By 35, the probability dropped to 5 percent.
... Oh great. *punching calculator* There is no probability of a future partner.
In the story's most infamous line, NEWSWEEK reported that a 40-year-old single woman was "more likely to be killed by a terrorist" than to ever marry.
Killed by a terrorist... *Shudders at the thought*
The article further reports...
To mark the anniversary of the "Marriage Crunch" cover, NEWSWEEK located 11 of the 14 single women in the story. Among them, eight are married and three remain single. Several have children or stepchildren. None divorced.
So what can I make out of this news report? Got hope? No hope? Wedding is not a no. 1 spot in my mind now. I am concern for myself that I may not have a companion to spend the rest of my life with.
Yes, I am beginning to be afraid of loneliness. Fearful of the unexpected void that may fill my life. It's a scary thought.
The pair of jeans I bought from MANGO at JB is 1 size bigger now. I am wearing it now and it just keeps slipping down leh. Brgh. So my size has not upped afterall. Somehow during fitting it went up. And now it's slipping. Looks like I gotta go get it altered liao..
...
Interesting Newsweek link. I lifted the link off a regular christian single newsletter.
Some things to note from their article 20 years ago:
White, college-educated women who failed to marry in their 20s faced abysmal odds of ever tying the knot.
20 years later, is this statistic the same for asian women.. Asian women like me??
A woman who remained single at 30 had only a 20 percent chance of ever marrying.
Hmm... So out of 10 men that I meet, 2 out of 10 may be my future partner... 'Cept, I don't meet alot men now, let alone 10... *Working out the equation...*
By 35, the probability dropped to 5 percent.
... Oh great. *punching calculator* There is no probability of a future partner.
In the story's most infamous line, NEWSWEEK reported that a 40-year-old single woman was "more likely to be killed by a terrorist" than to ever marry.
Killed by a terrorist... *Shudders at the thought*
The article further reports...
To mark the anniversary of the "Marriage Crunch" cover, NEWSWEEK located 11 of the 14 single women in the story. Among them, eight are married and three remain single. Several have children or stepchildren. None divorced.
So what can I make out of this news report? Got hope? No hope? Wedding is not a no. 1 spot in my mind now. I am concern for myself that I may not have a companion to spend the rest of my life with.
Yes, I am beginning to be afraid of loneliness. Fearful of the unexpected void that may fill my life. It's a scary thought.
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