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I’m Not Wife Material. Here’s Why
“It’s not rewarding for me to live a life I hate, a life that doesn’t coincide with my heart’s deepest desires.”
“I’m much happier on my own. I can spend as much time with somebody as I want to spend, but I’m not looking to be with somebody forever or live with someone. I don’t want somebody in my house.”
-Whoppi Goldberg
I can sense there are some people who are utterly confused about why some women don’t aspire to be wives. Maybe my personal account will help you gain some understanding. Or maybe it won’t. Either way, I want to shed some light on a choice that so many people take extremely personally.
Also, I and other women who think like me are not compromising any man’s desire to be served hand and foot by a woman. Trust me, there are more than enough women who want to be wives and mothers to go around. Some are even willing to share men because according to them the male species are prizes to be hard won. So relax, fellas! I am not your enemy.
Anyway, I am one of the few select women who could care less about marriage. As a little girl I never pictured myself being a wife. I never planned my future wedding in my head. And I for damn sure never participated when my girlfriends and classmates would giggle and compare notes while blissfully coming up with names for their future children.