Turbulent Flow

This will be my first Christmas since the split. I'd seriously considered heading out to New Brunswick to be with my family and avoiding the potential for spending the holidays sitting home alone weeping into my eggnog, but circumstances were such that I decided to stay in town and risk the salty 'nog.

And just to heap insult onto injury, a local jewellery company has been running this ad campaign.

Maybe I'm being touchy, but this strikes me as very short-sighted. Sure, it is all well and good to pander to the happily coupled and encourage those with no imagination to 'pop the question' over the holidays, but it shouldn't be at the disparagement of the currently single. Perhaps they have forgotten that today's 'currently single' is the base ingredient of tomorrow’s 'happily coupled'.

For the record, I can attest to the fact that being alone sucks way way less than being unhappily coupled. Actually, apart from the lack of sex, it really doesn't suck at all. I get to do what I want, when I want, and how I want to. All decisions are mine to make and it is actually quite exciting to think about what my future will look like. However, after this very memorable campaign, one thing I do know for certain is that no way in hell will any potential diamond ring of my future be purchased from Spence.