Being Single and Bank Holidays
Bank Holidays and the Single Man or Woman
According to Hannah Betts, who writes a column for The Times called Things you only know if you’re single, Bank Holidays or National, institutional or religious days off are hard on the singleton.
Personally speaking, I should have thought they were very much easier
This Monday, it seems, is a Bank Holiday. I’m not sure why, indeed until I got an email the other day I didn’t even know about it.
Anyhoo, these are times, apparently, when it is most difficult to be single, or on your own.
The journalist talks of peer pressure in the workplace with questions such as ‘what are you doing this weekend’ and tales of what goes on in family life - something singletons are obviously denied - be it by choice or not.
So how do I feel as a single male ?
Well it is true I won’t be at the seaside with a wife and children and all the joy that would surely bring.
But on the other hand I am also not undergoing the tortures of hell and purgatory of having to sit in traffic jams with 2 kids screaming and fighting in the back of the car ! Nor indeed will I have to spend £186 an hour on ice cream, fizzy drinks and crisps once I arrive at my destination 
I see the question as broad as it is long.
Yes, you are denied certain things being single which may be more noticeable during national holidays.
On the other hand, those denials are also opportunities - you can do so many other things as you are without the ties.
These articles that seek to tackle issues such as this seem only to create them in people’s minds !
How many families are actually doing anything special this weekend - most will not be I suspect.
If you want to do something then do so - how many of those mothers and fathers out there wish they had your choices ?
So it looks like an ice cream free weekend for me which is good news for the wallet and that much sought after Holy Grail . . .
The Six Pack !
I may take a trip to the seaside though - weather permitting of course.
My final thought on that trip though - when I do go to the Costa Del Cleethorpes at times like this it does seem I am the only person there on my own - quite literally !
Lone Wolfly Yours
Rod
Little Brother said,
May 3, 2009 @ 2:08 pm
Rod,
Oh, the agony of choice..what’s a single bloke to do on a bank holiday? Easy..work, earn money, escape the crowds and enjoy it all when it’s quiet.
You can keep the stereotype, I’m not interested.
LB
Rod said,
May 3, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
LB
I think you’re right, sad thing is here the weather is rubbish which will have ruined many plans - thankfully mine can simply be shuffled to Tuesday !
Cheers
Rod
juli said,
May 10, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
It really doesn’t bother me that I don’t have a partner or a squad of kids to look after on a bank holiday - to me a bank holiday means one thing only - an extra day off work! So I can do what I want to do, and not be tied by anyone else’s wants - just look at my plans for the forthcoming bankk holiday in a few weeks time; I can stay in bed late, read, lounge around in the garden (weather permitting of course), maybe go riding. Now be honest - does my bank holiday really sound that bad? Am I missing out by not sitting on the beach with a horde of screaming children, or being nagged to go to the garden centre by a partner?
Rod said,
May 11, 2009 @ 8:17 am
Juli,
I often think this idea of missing out because we’re single is perpetuated by people with ties in order to make themselves feel better.
A happily married man, and he is happily married as well, said of me, apparently;
He must have the perfect life, no wife, no kids and no job, lucky *******
This Sunday saw me spend 3 fabulous hours walking in the morning, in three different locations, all gloriously sunny.
I really enjoyed it but how many partners would even want to do that with me ?
Cheers
Rod