Single Non-Moms
I keep reading that single, childless women over a certain age are supposed to be miserable animal hoarders or trudging towards a future as a bag lady. I've often read about childless women who said they were heaped with judgment for not having kids. As a single, childless, 49-year-old woman, I wonder, Who are these people? For over 20 years, I've said, "It's just me and the dog" when people ask if I'm married or have kids. Nobody's given me so much as a funny look. If the other single non-moms I know get the stink eye, they've never mentioned it. A few people have made comments suggesting they didn't think I had much money. Nothing insulting--one person asked how I got somewhere and seemed surprised when I said I drove. I took the bus to work at the time--and shopped at thrift stores and did all the home repairs I could do myself. But if my other coworkers were shocked when I bought a second house, they didn't act like it. In fact, all th