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National Singles Week started out as an act of advocacy, education, and political reform. It was meant to be a week to enlighten the nation about the growing number of singles in society, their contributions, and the realities of their lives. It was not supposed to be about dating, matchmaking, or mocking people who are single.
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Thanks, Bella, for posting this comprehensive list -- it's so important to be both celebratory and critical. Last year, Christina and I received an email from Chemistry.com inviting us to "celebrate" National Singles Week by signing up with them! We made fun of it on Onely b/c it truly ignored the whole point of blogs like ours.
We're looking forward to your post on Onely :)
L
I too have found too much emphasis on dating
And actually it's the singles blog crawl which seems to be fairly focused on dating. At least from what I've seen so far.
Blog crawl emphasis on dating
Thank you, Alan, for mentioning this! I, too, am disappointed with the blog crawl's emphasis on dating (and have mentioned that on my blog). Imo, it is missing the original idea of National Singles Week!
Thanks for noticing Sixty and
Thanks for noticing Sixty and Single in Seattle. I agree that the Singles Week Blog-Crawl has been rather date-heavy. Most of the singles blogs I read, including mine, are so much more about the full life we live, whether or not we're also looking for partners. (See http://marysreallife.blogspot.com/2009/09/advertisement-for-my-blog.html) Still, I've read with interest every post this week.
I prefer they called it "National Singles Week" than ...
In reading blogs et al I have noticed that the week has been called 2 different things - "National Singles Week" and "Unmarried and Single Americans Week"
I really wish they wouldn't ever use the word "unmarried" - this implies that we're missing out on marriage - since it's UNmarried. It's almost like a "negative" of something .... if you can understand what I mean........
Like wrapped/unwrapped, sold/unsold, heated/unheated .....
But then I'm not the psychologist so I should leave this type of comment up to Bella to talk about. An interesting idea that I hope you'll look into at a future date Bella.
Oh - also like "childless" v. "childfree" ..... I'd prefer to think of myself as "childFREE" if anything ;-)
Single and Date Free
I am sorry that I could not be a more timely participant in this discussion. So.
While dating does typically signify an identification with being single, being single does not always signify an interest in dating.
Sometime I write about dating or potential love interests because this is something I am trying to figure out for myself. I am not sure what I really want. But most of what I write about is about singleness as a whole and my life as a single individual. I feel somewhat alienated by dating sites, by dating advice and any "how to find the perfect partner" kind of thing because that is so NOT my goal in life.
So, while dating and divorce and widowhood and single parenting are all aspects of the singles community, none of them should be the center. Of course, the only one of these items which seems to become the central focus is dating. I think this has to do a lot more with the drama that our culture feeds off of than having a nice joyful single life. A nice joyful single life apparently doesn't do much for ratings. But movies about bad dates are always blockbusters.
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