ENG 121 English Composition I
Instructor: Melissa Rigney
Date: January 9, 2011
The significant preference between being single or married is choice and circumstance. Some things in life are going to be good, regardless whether you’re single or married, some things will be the opposite. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. The two areas that differ in married and single life is compromise and sharing of possessions.
The environment of a single person is the control factor is all theirs. A single person has no one to consult with their decisions. Therefore the consideration of input from others is not necessary. In addition there is no need to consult with anyone regarding budgets, recreation, holidays, traveling or something as simple as dinner.
Furthermore a single person’s existence is purely their own, even down to the application of rules. A single person’s level of engagement with others is at their discretion.
The flip side, being married life, is the total opposite. There is no one sided control in the lives of the partners, control has to be weighed carefully and consciously with regard to the feelings of the other. Emotional support is expected or given with every though or action. Unlike the single side of the coin everything is balanced and shared from meal plans, expenses, travel, holidays and, large and small decisions. As far as the need for personal space and married people do require the need from time to time, there is no real guarantee that you will get the space. The husband, wife, kids and or pets are very much a part of that space factor.
Singles have zero required emotional attachments unless they decide otherwise. For a single person it is pretty much about self and I, what do I want to do, where I want to go. For married people it is about we and us, what shall we do, where do we want to go? Whereas married life there is constant emotional support, security, love and...