My son said "you're prettier than Camilla, you should be married by now!" [View All]

[liberalhistorian]

ROFLMAO! Talk about being totally speechless. For some unfathomable reason, my almost-14-year-old son has gotten interested in the histrionic soap opera that is the royal family and was reading about the Charles-Camilla wedding tomorrow.

I've never been married and have been a single parent all of my son's life. I think it bothers him a lot more than it bothers me, especially since I just turned forty. When he said that tonight, after trying desperately to hide my laughter, I tried to explain that marriage wasn't the end-all and be-all of existence and that people should marry because they're with the right person and they want to, not because they feel pressured or are simply scared of being alone. I said it was important to wait for the right person and to be really sure that it was the right person, and that I just haven't met the right person yet.

I also tried to explain that just because someone isn't married doesn't mean they don't have a fulfilling life and just because someone's married doesn't mean they have a great life. Besides, there really aren't too many single men around my area, so he's just gonna have to be stuck with just me for awhile longer, lol.