Dammit...
I knew something would eventually start me off today - and it has...
Mum and I were having a conversation about kitchens (namely stuff I have bought for the kitchen of the house I don't own yet - what with my slightly skewed future planning thing that I do) and this led on to talking about wedding lists and the sort of things that people buy you when you get married.
Then just out of the blue she says that she doesn't think I am the sort of person that will get married.
I looked at her blankly then said I didn't know what she meant by that and she tried to say something about me being so career focussed that it just wouldn't happen for me, and because men don't like women like me.
I just don't know what to say to that. I had been relatively ok with being single at 26 until recently when several people have made comments like this.
Is it really true that by deciding to pursue what makes me happy in my working like I have potentially damaged my chances of having a happy love-life?
I feel so low now...
:(
Mum and I were having a conversation about kitchens (namely stuff I have bought for the kitchen of the house I don't own yet - what with my slightly skewed future planning thing that I do) and this led on to talking about wedding lists and the sort of things that people buy you when you get married.
Then just out of the blue she says that she doesn't think I am the sort of person that will get married.
I looked at her blankly then said I didn't know what she meant by that and she tried to say something about me being so career focussed that it just wouldn't happen for me, and because men don't like women like me.
I just don't know what to say to that. I had been relatively ok with being single at 26 until recently when several people have made comments like this.
Is it really true that by deciding to pursue what makes me happy in my working like I have potentially damaged my chances of having a happy love-life?
I feel so low now...
:(