At my age, there are several people in my age group who are engaged or already have children. Let it be known that while that is perfectly fine, but that is not something that is appealing to me right now or ever. Being thrown into adulthood is not easy and I would rather navigate through this stage alone instead of having a child attached to me, or a clingy significant other.

I have previously mentioned that my generation is the hookup generation, and that very few people value old fashioned friendships anymore. Often times I wish I lived in the time period when there were gentleman callers and actual courting. Not swipe right, exchange numbers, converse for a few weeks then hook up. Hooking up with people provides temporary satisfaction(if any) until one of the individuals get tired of the other and move on to the next.

Is is sad that we have no luck dating or finding a companion in our social circles, friend group, class, etc., and have to turn to online dating which is just as unsuccessful. I have found that it doesn't matter where that person is from and what family they are a part of. If they want you for what you can give them, they will use you until you question how long the hooking up will last, until they bored with you, or you refuse to hook up with them. This is not only true in college, but in daily life and it is frustrating to constantly keep dealing with the same nonsense.

"Men" in my generation actually get upset when you choose to not come by the crib, not have sex, or when you actually want a friendship. I have found that the trouble and false hope that arises when you have expectations from someone, makes me happy I am single. I do not have to worry about infidelity, secrets, probabilities of having a child, and wondering if my text was interpreted in the wrong context. I also do not want to deal with the typical heart broken young man who does not trust women because his ex hurt him so bad, then months later he is posting up pictures with the same girl who hurt him. This is after he wasted your time and you had to deal with his trust issues and being friend zoned.

I do not want to play games or be labeled a side chick because he hid that he was in a relationship. I just want to get to know the person and for who they really are, if they are worth my time, and I have no desire to date just for fun when I know they expect sex. I also have no desire to meet "the one" by wasting time with several people who have little interest in me. With that said I will enjoy being single before jumping into a long term relationship that I don't want to be in, that won't last, or be expected to be dating because of my age. So if you want to talk bring a meaningful conversation and leave the antics behind you!