Fnord wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
but the pride groups are useful interim step between the now of pain and the bright shiny future of acceptance.
No, sir. The interim step is to not give a fornicative act about what other people think. Once you stop letting other people decide for you that you have no worth unless you're in a committed relationship,
then you will start feeling pride
for making your own choices!
Sometimes people need a bit of support so that they don't feel so alone, or to feel like they are the only one. Most of my friends are married now and so are my brother and sister and I have relatives who every single time I visit them ask, "so have you found anyone yet?" It's nice to know I'm not alone.
I am fulfilled within myself, but when I am consistently challenged and made to feel like I am a weird person for being single I like to feel like I'm not weird because I'm not the only one, even though in my daily life I do seem to be the only one.