Sometimes perception is everything.
My cousin in another state, posted on F@cebook this afternoon that she was stuck in a store parking lot with a dead car battery. I was immediately sympathetic. Oh gosh, I imagined the cold, the wait for a tow truck or at least the effort of finding someone to let you attach cables to their car for a jump. But what if the battery won't take a charge? That's definitely a tow... the expense of that and a new battery plus installation. Yuck what a hassle.
Hours later, when I checked FB again she had triumphantly shared that her husband rode up like a white knight and saved her!
I have to admit, I was stunned! I hadn't even considered that possibility.
Thus is the life of a single woman. Particularly one who has been single for far too long. I've dealt with my fair share of dead batteries, flat tires and dead starters - and it has always been inconvenient, expensive and relying on strangers. (At my dad's advice I keep jumper cables in my car because of his theory that if you have them, the chance of your needing them is dramatically reduced!)
The thought of simply calling someone who loves me and being done with the situation is completely foreign to me.
I'm not complaining. This is the life I have, and I can handle it. I'm only pointing out just how different our lives can be.
Do you know someone who could use a go-to person for this type of situation? Would you volunteer your husband to help a single friend in such a case? Why not call that single friend and let them know? Honestly, it would mean the world to her!
As a single woman, I second what you asked at the end of the post, because I have been very grateful to the women in my life who have had their husbands help me out when there was something I needed their expertise in or even just muscle to help me. It works both ways too, singles have great ways they can help out the marrieds as well I've found.
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