White Single Male - The Forgotten Ones
What happens to those who society cannot pigeonhole ?
What about those that unable to check-a-box ?
Who are these people … well me for one !
Firstly, let me say this is not moaning, I’m perfectly happy with my lot, it’s merely an observation.
We are bombarded daily by government policy announcements, new ideas, think tanks, charitable ideas, social initiatives all targeted towards various members of society, some more obscure than others.
We listen with interest to see how things, both new and old, will affect us.
We really pay attention when something is directly aimed toward us …
But what if you and your situation never seem to get a mention anywhere.
I really do believe that nothing seems to have anything to do with me !
Why ? Well this is me
Male
White
Single
Heterosexual
Healthy
No Children
Non-Religious
No Job
Get No Benefits, Pensions or Assistance
Own House
Self-Employed
Semi-Retired but Only 42
When did you ever hear about anything that takes somebody like me into account ?
Answer … Never.
There must be a quite a few of us out there, I presume ?
I guess, on a personal level, I’m happy I fall through the net. To be neatly labelable (new word) would distress me no end, Mithras forbid I should ever fall neatly into a category.
I find it all very amusing and am fortunate enough not to suffer too much from any of this.
Others must do though:
It’s OK saying things like “it’s only a cost of living price increase” but not everybody gets a pay rise (I’ve not had one in literally years for example) or “this is aimed at families” etc etc
Anyhoo, this hasn’t gone the way I thought, but then what does, I’ll round off by suggesting to all politicians, leaders, would-be leaders and decision makers: pay attention to a new demographic group !
Those men out there who are single, straight, childless, self-employed atheists are a force to be reckoned with !
Corner the market and garner our votes, it’s your ticket to power 
Can anybody else honestly say they never hear anything that applies to them ?
Regards
Rod
Witches of Eastwick said,
December 6, 2007 @ 8:26 pm
Rod,
We’re slightly worried that you are becoming invisible to society altogether (tis true that the weight loss doesn’t help!). Don’t care about who else fits this description…. in the words of a very old song… ‘we know we’ll never find another you’…. and we are deeply grateful
Your average Coven is on constant alert seeking out single 42 year old house owning males… not many have their own teeth and Globetrotting boots apparently.
WoE
Little Brother said,
December 6, 2007 @ 9:25 pm
Rod,
My local council have just written to me asking if I am still single. I shall write back and thank them for their concern. Oh, hang on..just reading the last bit..if not please tick relevant box to pay more council tax….that’s labour for you, always thinking of the working man.
LB
the dinosaur said,
December 6, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
Like yourself, I miss all the supposedly significant categories, I think we are what are generally dismissed as “eccentrics”, I’m certainly happy to accept that title not wanting to be just a government statistic of perceived success or failure! The trouble with us being a new demographic group is that we then become like all the rest and very boring, we will be studied by sociologists, we might even be offered counselling for not belonging to any of the other categories, invariably they wont let us live in peace without their interference, perhaps it would be best to just keep quiet
Rod said,
December 7, 2007 @ 8:38 am
LB,
I’m surprised they haven’t knocked the single occupant discount on the head and given to some some ‘more deserving’ cause !
RC
Rod said,
December 7, 2007 @ 8:48 am
Dino & WoE
I too am happy to go with eccentrics, all joking apart it’s true I guess.
I revel in the fact of not fitting in a box, but there must be people who are the same as my list bar the last one. Self-employed painters, electrician, joiners, window cleaners etc
All trying to get along by themselves with only hurdles for assistance !
Talking of ticking boxes I was quite pleased recently to covertly change my details on a building society form, I believe it’s got through the system as well.
Usual garbage on form like
Name: Collins
Address: usual details
yadda Yadda: a few other things
Occupation: Being Awesome
Excellent - (drumming fingers together)
Rod
Witches of Eastwick said,
December 7, 2007 @ 2:05 pm
Rod,
So that’s it then…. Being Awesome is a new category and that in turn will lead to an upgrade to vip waiting room and filter coffee, shoe shine etc., while you wait
WoE
Rod said,
December 7, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
WoE,
I suspect I’ll be the one pouring the coffee and shining the shoes in the VIP room!
RC
Jordan said,
December 7, 2007 @ 2:44 pm
RC
I knew you would find your true vocation one day!
Jordan
Rod said,
December 7, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
Jordan
absolutely ! You know what they say:
A Good Man Knows His Limits !
RC
Witches of Eastwick said,
December 7, 2007 @ 8:19 pm
Rod,
We think the men in Lincolnshire are severely limited as you so rightly point out… the good women of this fair county on the other hand, are overflowing with limitlessness
and before you say anything… no we don’t mean spending from the spouse wallet! We hear tell that all the women are thinking of moving out to make room for the grumbly old single men. Our entrepreneurial minds have already thought up a good little earner… namely barn dances to which we bus all the desperate women who know nothing about the county and it’s rather tetchy occupants. Let’s face it the men connected to this site are all going to look good in fringed suede shirts, especially you Rod…. we’ve never pictured you in cowboy gear before but now we come to think of it the image seems rather 
appallingappealingWoE
Little Brother said,
December 7, 2007 @ 11:03 pm
WoE,
I was about to take exception to that but then remembered my mood at work tonight-grumbly and tetchy? and the rest!
LB
the dinosaur said,
December 8, 2007 @ 8:08 am
WoE It’s the women who make me grumble!
Rod said,
December 8, 2007 @ 9:27 am
WoE
good luck with the barn dance - it sounds like my vision of sartorial hell !
I too think the idea of women migrating fro Lincolnshire would be a good one.
It would make way for some new blood, always a good thing, especially in the more rural parts
Will you all be leaving on a specific day, Pied Piperesque, with you leading the pack ?
It has all the makings of a national parade
Perhaps I’ll organize a bachelor street party !
Best
Rod
Witches of Eastwick said,
December 8, 2007 @ 11:19 am
Rod and the boys,
The women have voted against the piperesque and unamimously for a stampede….. just to be in keeping with the whole cowboy theme you understand
WoE
Rod said,
December 8, 2007 @ 11:31 am
WoE
voted against the piperesque and unamimously for a stampede
I’ll buy a ticket for that show, what’s the planned date ?
I’d hate to miss it, a Lincolnshire woman running … I cannot imagine it, unless it’s to be first at a buffet of course
RC
Witches of Eastwick said,
December 8, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Rod,
The Sisters, after so many years of coping with the daily drudge of looking after their menfolk, may of course have dabbled with life’s buffet as you put it. Now they’re free they can obsess about something else. Anyway, getting down to the passage planning as a close acquaintance of ours is apt to say… to begin we shall drop in on LB (who is exempt from persecution
) for a light lunch and something chocolatey for afters to calm the nerves… then onwards to the largest sea vessel we can find (who’s captain is curiously unaccounted for 
) to start an exciting world tour. There might be postcards…. mine will say ‘the gougere’s in the dog’…
WoE
Rod said,
December 8, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
WoE
Bon Voyage !
Make sure you take all the women with you, don’t leave any behind
It’ll be like the place, Icelandish or Alaskay I believe, most of the women have left leaving only men!
Have you told all the girls to give their male partners plenty of notification ?
The men will have to get the money together to pay for your trip and keep you all in style to which you’ve become accustomed to so it’s only fair to give them a little notice.
I look forward to Lincolnshire being renamed Utopia
Will you all be taking them all away before xmas ?
Cheers
Rod
Witches of Eastwick said,
December 8, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
Rod,
Strange (and how convenient) you mention Iceland and Alaska being short on the female front….. we’ve set the ship to auto pilot and out of the goodness of our hearts, might drop in to check that the men are darning their socks correctly
Who was it that said ‘is that an icelandic cod or are you just pleased to see us’ … 
WoE
Rod said,
December 8, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
Who was it that said ‘is that an icelandic cod or are you just pleased to see us’
I think it was Mae
WestNorth !RC