How to be a Rebellious Single (If You Have the Guts)
My top 27…one for each year of my single life. ☺
27. Stay out on the roller/ice skating rink during “couple’s skate.”
26. Go out to eat by yourself at a nice restaurant.
25. Plan a romantic getaway and then go…alone.
24. Ride by yourself on a bicycle built for two.
23. Be a marriage counselor.
22. Be a wedding planner/coordinator.
21. Be a missionary or a pastor (especially daring if female).
20. Write a love song or poem. Sing/recite it at a nursing home. (That one sounds kind of fun, actually.)
19. Buy a birthday or Valentine’s Day or anniversary card (on whatever day you pick) each year and tuck them away in a special keepsake box.
18. Walk on the beach alone at sunset.
17. Read a book with lots of dating or marriage advice…or just one more on being single (if you haven’t read them all yet).
16. Save up and go to every wedding for a year that you get a wedding save-the-date or invitation for. Really get in the spirit—memorize names, colors, info; follow wedding blogs; buy gifts from registries…
15. Be a home-maker…but sell your baked goods or quilts to survive.
14. Watch romantic comedies every night for a week.
13. Buy a cheap, fake engagement ring and try on wedding dresses. (Will have to make up an engagement story too, cause they always ask.)
12. In your morning devotions, meditate on the story of Adam and Eve (before the Fall) or Song of Solomon.
11. Go to a Fall Festival by yourself, and make sure to catch the hay-ride full of couples.
10. Watch the snow falling gently on Christmas eve, sit by your warm fireplace with some hot chocolate…and a good book.
9. Pick fresh wildflowers for yourself in Spring time. Or put them on your neighbor’s doorstep, ring the doorbell, and run!
8. Go camping by yourself.
7. Tell your parents you think you kind of like the single life, so don’t plan on any grandkids.
6. Drive a car that breaks down all the time. (For mechanically inept females OR males.)
5. Purposely buy big jars of peanut butter or jelly that have really tight lids. (For the ladies.)
4. Travel the world for a few months by yourself. Or just go on a long road-trip.
3. Enjoy a nice virus like H1N1 with the company of your cell phone (in case it gets really bad).
2. Join a nunnery or monastery.
And the number one way to be a rebellious single…Thank God every day that you are single…and truly mean it!
P.S. I promise...I'll take a break from blogging after this. I can't even keep up with them all.
This week someone told me that my "problem" was that I was okay doing things alone. Maybe I should give her this list.
ReplyDeleteWith birthday #42 coming up soon, it took me until #13 on the list to start laughing...but I did eventually start laughing!
ReplyDeleteI've done quite a few of these already. Personally, #s 27 and 11 are just way too painful, but you can go ahead and go for it, Andrea! :o)
pretty creative list! Most are character building, looks like; you've got my blessing:)
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I am not sure what to say to this.
ReplyDeleteI truly believe that the world needs more sane and fun single people. (Well, some more sane dating/married people would be welcome too!) Thank you for being one of them, Andrea! You're an inspiration!
ReplyDeletei agree with elisa. i am not sure what to say. my favorite is 21, 24, 19, 18, 17, 15, 14, 13, 10, 9, 7, 4, 3 and 1. For various reasons they are my favorite. Keep up the great blogging and challenges.
ReplyDeletei've done some of that stuff before. and i'm single. i guess i'm on the right track?
ReplyDeleteI've definitely done some of these too. But I can't wait for the next skating rink I go to so I can stay out during the couples skate! If only I'd thought of that in grade-school...
ReplyDeleteThese are hilarious. I laughed out loud at the couple's skate one. I may be doing the pastor one next semester. we'll see. But I'm not hard core enough to do all of these yet.
ReplyDeleteHmm, since there are three Christian girls for every Christian guy and most of the guys I know aren't doing anything to find a mate, I say three girls should grab one helpless male and drag him along on all of these things. Especially the couple's skate. It would be fun in a wacky way (like trying on wedding dresses, "Yes, we are LDS"). It would be great since most female/male interactions at our age are worse than a job interview.
ReplyDeleteWow, Dorinda, taking the single rebellion to the next level...
ReplyDeleteAndrea, I could not stop laughing- thank you for sharing these ideas.
ReplyDeleteA family member a while back asked me if I had made a list of things I was looking for in a mate. With a concerned face, they expressed that I should really be bringing these matters to the Lord (as if I haven't been!) they continued to say that they would be intensely praying for me especially because another member of my family was close to tears because they just wanted me to be happy.
I'm going to email them your list. ha.