One of my singleton friends, accused me the other day, of being a commitment-phobic. This is her logic: I find something wrong with every single chap I meet. Too prejudiced, too sweet, too low on energy, too self-conscious, et al. The only people I approve of (in concept, of course) are one or two married or gay people (one or two celebs too!), who seem appealing.
But she thinks, that if hypothetically they were to turn single, they would fall from grace. I grew very defensive at being stamped by this new label!
So, I did the childish thing of accusing her of being a commitment-phobic, too. “Yes, I do acknowledge that I am CP,” she said candidly. Hmmm…after that, the whole CP deal didn’t sound so bad.
I am your friend so I won’t stop myself from saying it:
I agree with your friend.