Comments for SWWAN http://swwan.org/blog "Single Working Women's Affiliate Network" Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:10:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on HuffPost author tells single women: “don’t be so picky” by Spinsterlicious http://swwan.org/blog/2012/04/huffpost-author-says-single-women-too-picky/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Spinsterlicious Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:10:52 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1848#comment-591 And sometimes deal breakers should be just that. While that writer claims single women are too picky, I think that some married women aren't picky enough. The divorce rate is out of control for a reason... Eleanore Wells, Author, The Spinsterlicious Life: 20 Life Lessons for Living Happily Single and Childfree And sometimes deal breakers should be just that. While that writer claims single women are too picky, I think that some married women aren’t picky enough. The divorce rate is out of control for a reason…

Eleanore Wells, Author, The Spinsterlicious Life: 20 Life Lessons for Living Happily Single and Childfree

]]> Comment on How to build a friendship by admin http://swwan.org/blog/2011/06/how-to-build-a-friendship/comment-page-1/#comment-573 admin Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:09:52 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1551#comment-573 That would be great if the post can help someone. Thanks, Sandy. Life is twice as joyful with friends to share it! That would be great if the post can help someone. Thanks, Sandy. Life is twice as joyful with friends to share it!

]]> Comment on How to build a friendship by Sandy http://swwan.org/blog/2011/06/how-to-build-a-friendship/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Sandy Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:56:35 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1551#comment-572 What a useful piece! Well done! Will be passing this along. We gals are tremendous resources for one another, not to mention sunshine on those rainy days. What a useful piece! Well done! Will be passing this along. We gals are tremendous resources for one another, not to mention sunshine on those rainy days.

]]> Comment on by admin http://swwan.org/blog/2011/02/1360/comment-page-1/#comment-564 admin Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:49:17 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1360#comment-564 Toni, first of all, thank you for your two comments. Second, my sincere apologies for having taken so long to process your comments. It seems my Wordpress blog software has not been set up to send me an email when someone comments. I'm working on that. Your attitude is great---supporting friends wherever they are is the best policy. We can't educate people to think differently. "Lectures" are unwelcome, and the information seldom gets through anyway. So you're so right---living well yourself as a Happy Singleton is the best possible way. And telling friends they're wonderful---with or without a mate---can never be the wrong thing to do. Toni, first of all, thank you for your two comments. Second, my sincere apologies for having taken so long to process your comments. It seems my WordPress blog software has not been set up to send me an email when someone comments. I’m working on that.

Your attitude is great—supporting friends wherever they are is the best policy. We can’t educate people to think differently. “Lectures” are unwelcome, and the information seldom gets through anyway. So you’re so right—living well yourself as a Happy Singleton is the best possible way. And telling friends they’re wonderful—with or without a mate—can never be the wrong thing to do.

]]> Comment on Living alone means… by Barbara Payne http://swwan.org/blog/2011/03/living-alone-means/comment-page-1/#comment-536 Barbara Payne Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:03:51 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1445#comment-536 Thanks, Jillian. Well said. Things are sure different when you're older, that's the truth. I thank heaven I made it to Social Security age shortly after the economy collapsed and have been blessed to find my new home in a fabulous neighborhood in a beautiful seniors' building where the rent is reasonable--and <i>they fix the faucets for me!</i> Yeah, the idea that challenges were adventures when we were young. They still are when we're old; they just take a lot more courage and spunk to meet...just when we're getting tired of being courageous. Thanks, Jillian. Well said. Things are sure different when you’re older, that’s the truth. I thank heaven I made it to Social Security age shortly after the economy collapsed and have been blessed to find my new home in a fabulous neighborhood in a beautiful seniors’ building where the rent is reasonable–and they fix the faucets for me!

Yeah, the idea that challenges were adventures when we were young. They still are when we’re old; they just take a lot more courage and spunk to meet…just when we’re getting tired of being courageous.

]]> Comment on Living alone means… by Jillian http://swwan.org/blog/2011/03/living-alone-means/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Jillian Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:40:57 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1445#comment-533 I think about this a lot, the rewards and challenges of being single. ..because I'm single now but was once married. One conclusion I've come to is that single was easier in my youth, when just about every challenge was an adventure, and everyone else I knew was single. I got off on fixing a faucet and loved the freedom of being able to do anything I wanted to when I wanted to do it. But on the physical side, there's also the energy it takes to do anything. As a one, I have twice as much to manage with half the energy I had in my younger days...in addition to the deterioration of an aging body. I hate fixing faucets! Even vacationing can be a lot to manage! I also had a lot of single friends in my youth, who were single and at that point had always been single and had a lot of common interests and goals. Now I find that my single friends all have families, grown children and grandchildren they spend a lot of time with...and lives that revolve around that. I don't. So I'm not just single, I'm pretty much alone in it. Single in my youth was a blast. Single at 57, not so much. I think about this a lot, the rewards and challenges of being single. ..because I’m single now but was once married. One conclusion I’ve come to is that single was easier in my youth, when just about every challenge was an adventure, and everyone else I knew was single. I got off on fixing a faucet and loved the freedom of being able to do anything I wanted to when I wanted to do it. But on the physical side, there’s also the energy it takes to do anything. As a one, I have twice as much to manage with half the energy I had in my younger days…in addition to the deterioration of an aging body. I hate fixing faucets! Even vacationing can be a lot to manage! I also had a lot of single friends in my youth, who were single and at that point had always been single and had a lot of common interests and goals. Now I find that my single friends all have families, grown children and grandchildren they spend a lot of time with…and lives that revolve around that. I don’t. So I’m not just single, I’m pretty much alone in it. Single in my youth was a blast. Single at 57, not so much.

]]> Comment on by Toni http://swwan.org/blog/2011/02/1360/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Toni Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:50:27 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1360#comment-508 Oh, one more thing Barbara. I am a fellow Chicagoan and I hear ya on the snow. The last big storm I remember was the one in '79. Don't really remember much from the '99 one. Was born the summer of '67 so I may have been a product of that blizzard. :) Hope you feel better. Oh, one more thing Barbara. I am a fellow Chicagoan and I hear ya on the snow. The last big storm I remember was the one in ’79. Don’t really remember much from the ’99 one. Was born the summer of ’67 so I may have been a product of that blizzard. :) Hope you feel better.

]]> Comment on by Toni http://swwan.org/blog/2011/02/1360/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Toni Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:48:31 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1360#comment-507 This is a very well written post. I have too many friends who are stuck in the "Woe is me, I ain't got nobody" zone. It seems like they are putting their lives on hold until "The One" (caps are intentional) comes along. As a Happy Singleton (again, the caps are intentional), I shake my head sometimes, but I try to support them in anyway I can and I try to show them what wonderful women they are, without the man lens. This is a very well written post. I have too many friends who are stuck in the “Woe is me, I ain’t got nobody” zone. It seems like they are putting their lives on hold until “The One” (caps are intentional) comes along. As a Happy Singleton (again, the caps are intentional), I shake my head sometimes, but I try to support them in anyway I can and I try to show them what wonderful women they are, without the man lens.

]]> Comment on Holidays not so merry? Celebrate the solstice! by Barbara Payne http://swwan.org/blog/2010/12/holidays-not-so-merry-celebrate-the-solstice/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Barbara Payne Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:21:20 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1258#comment-472 Don't know why I never got notice of this comment until now! Thanks, Jillian. I'm not surprised you know about this ritual. Yes, doing any of these cool things is good alone as well as with a friend. It can be so precious to treasure our alone time. Hope the new year is going well for you so far. Don’t know why I never got notice of this comment until now! Thanks, Jillian. I’m not surprised you know about this ritual. Yes, doing any of these cool things is good alone as well as with a friend. It can be so precious to treasure our alone time. Hope the new year is going well for you so far.

]]> Comment on Not your same old New Year’s resolution by Barbara Payne http://swwan.org/blog/2011/01/not-your-same-old-new-years-resolution/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Barbara Payne Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:49:15 +0000 http://swwan.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-438 Chris, I hear you. No way can I imagine doing it for 3 days. My to-do item is for only one day--and I like the fact that she allowed 1 to 2 hours a day to connect. So we wouldn't be totally deprived... " ) Sandy, congrats on all the work you've done---there's nothing so challenging as changing one's direction in work. Hope you'll let us know how your new direction starts working for you. Chris, I hear you. No way can I imagine doing it for 3 days. My to-do item is for only one day–and I like the fact that she allowed 1 to 2 hours a day to connect. So we wouldn’t be totally deprived… ” )

Sandy, congrats on all the work you’ve done—there’s nothing so challenging as changing one’s direction in work. Hope you’ll let us know how your new direction starts working for you.

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