Accidentally reading this short yet intriguing article on The Ridge Magazine, a NUSSU Publication, Feb 2011, on one of the ever hottest topics – LOVE towards the Valentine’s Day, I just wanna share a part of it :
February is the month whereby this question will be heard more often than not.
During Chinese New Year, relatives would pound on you with questions on boyfriends or girlfriends. As Valentine’s Day looms, friends would ask if you are meeting someone special on that day.”
Singlehood was most prevalent among female graduates. It is thus not surprising that even the government is bemoaning the same question.
A research by Professor David Buss of the University of Texas which surveyed 10,047 people in 37 cultures, from Australia to Zambia suggests that evolutionary behaviour and the forces of natural selection have played an increasing role in what we find and consider desirable for the protection and production of our offspring. Does that mean that if you are still single by a certain “marriageable” age, you are undesirable?
Not every couple conssists of desirable partners. If so, there wouldn’t be domestic violence. It’s just like how not every bachelor is undesirable.
I personally agree with what Steve Jobs has to say on the subject of marriage – “like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it.”
“Don’t settle.”