Being single in today’s world is not an easy thing to be. In fact, it’s usually a very painful cross to carry, because society tends to treat single mammals like they are some sort of social leper. Everything in our society is geared to make you feel that being alone is wrong. That it’s somehow unethical or decadent or well, just plain wrong. Being single with kids isn’t as bad. At least you’ll have a “family” of your own and the empathy from other parents in the country, but if you use birth control, and are still single, then you may as well not even exist in society at large. At least, that’s what you’re led to believe, if you pay attention to how some people and the greater media tries makes you feel about it. I won’t have any part of that though.
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