“Why must it be a truthiness universally acknowledged that a single woman in possession of an existence must be in want of a mate?”

A friend wrote that delightful, Pride-&-Prejudice-referential question to me in a recent e-mail. She was frustrated with the assumption in our society that single people are incomplete. Are in search of another person. Are waiting. Have failed in some way. Have been unlucky. Have all kinds of happiness in their future, as long as they’re… Read more »