Serves One

Just read an interesting article from Financial Review Magazine titled "Serves One". Read this - "Call it the Manhattan effect or the Sex and The City generation... omit... In fact, we are still learning to live alone, caught as we are between old notions of aloneness and newer ideas of autonomy. The traditional image is that those who live alone are not good at relationship or don't offer much to a partner - the young drifters, men in raincoats, the frail widows and the spinsters who gave up romance to care for parents. The lonely ones. The contemporary image is the fun student, the career woman or the gay bachelor who yearn for bright lights, fast nights and cafe breakfasts. They may live alone but they're never alone with their laptop, BlackBerry and the local cafe where the owner knows their order and neighbors nod good mornings. Theirs is the face of freedom.....omit... Cummins (Professor who works with both Dakin Uni and the Australian Center on Qualify of Life) points out that even happy singles are more vulnerable to unhappiness.... omit... His work shows that dense cities are worse for happiness than small, regional centers; living alone makes happiness harder to find than sharing with others; transitory lifestyles are tougher than settled ones and loose connections to community. "People put their happiness at risk when they live alone;firstly, because household incomes tend to be lower and, secondly and more importantly, they haven't got a built-in person to whinge to. It might not be good for your partner to hear your whinges when you come home from work but it's good for you." he says....."
Maybe... that's where puppies and cats kick in... heeehee.. The article continues showing another point of view to see aloneness. Excellent article to get rid of Chk Chk Boom girl out of my head!
The image is from blisstree.com