The Singularity Debate

When being single in a society is the greatest sin

“If less is more, how are you keeping score?”

Eddie Vedder collaborated with singer-songwriter Jerry Hannan to write the beautiful poetry for the movie, Into the Wild. The song, they say helped convey the story of a wanderer, Chris McCandless.

But I’m not here to write about him. Instead, I wish to talk about a few of us who are standing at the crossroads, confused whether to make the cut or not, by which I mean, whether to succumb to the path that Society has chosen for us. It includes two things:

1. Give up your freedom
2. Give up your sanity

You might say I’m exaggerating, over-emphasizing the domestic drudgery of everyday life. But really, I’m not. Just think about it. Not all of us were meant to deal with the dull rigmarole of the man-weds-woman-and-they-bear-a-child routine. I know, I know, this has been written a lot about and discussed ever so frequently, so much so that most of them end up in a resounding there-she-goes-again from the audience. But at all times, everyone is aware that the person will succumb to the expected.

So what is the expected? Is it bigger than ambition? Is it more tempting than desire? Is it more provoking than passion? Then why are men and women expected to perform these traditional roles that they have been asked to prepare for, growing up? You might argue that all this is changing now ~ but is it really? Okay, maybe.

But it still really is a sad state of affairs.

We must ask ourselves as to why we restrict ourselves to little, less and small? Why are we so insecure about our future? Why do we distrust ourselves so much? Why is it hard to believe that you may find someone in the course of your life and, time and age aren’t criterion to culminate singlehood?