Sunday, May 04, 2008

What is Singleness Stress?

Ive been blubbering to everyone especially my cousins a self-coined term called “Singleness Stress”. That kind of stress attacks anyone especially if you’ve been single for the past two years. It starts with self pity and would eat up your whole day which makes it very stressful. Most of my female colleagues are experiencing it especially if they’re single parents or even when they have a boyfriend but not obviously felt (he he). It would come while you are alone, in any situation, glued to the tube or just strolling at the mall. You would need to constantly talk to someone to relieve you of the stress. It is not different from any other kind of stress except that you get tired and weary because you are alone. Here are some signs:

1. When you cry in a non-mushy film such as “When Love Begins” or “Iron Man”;

2. When you do not cry at a book that everyone’s been crying about;

3. When you get irritated at the sight of lovers holding hands or messing around;

4. When you frequent the spa or you get massages at least 3-4 times a week;

5. When you don’t believe that true love could not be found in the Big Brother House;

6. When you overly pondering the fact that all your exes are all happily married or committed to someone;

7. When you abhor it when our exes keep on sending you sms telling that they miss you;

8. When you hate your friends getting married and worst they put you in reserved seats at the wedding reception with kids on it or in a ten seater table with a blank seat obviously for your supposed-to-be significant someone;

9. When you just couldn’t stand it when you have to update a long lost friend asking about you ex and repeating the heartbreak story over and over again

10. When you deny the fact there is someone better that would come into your life besides your last ex.

Hey. It doesn’t mean that if your experiencing this stress would mean that you’ll have lonely nights. It may even be the opposite. Most people who experiences “Singleness Stress” have a bountiful sex life. If you’ve been attacked by the “SS” and your sex life is zero, then you got a bigger problem.