“I have been single for so long that it is now even strange to think about starting a relationship. I am not saying that it will not happen again, but for now it is just strange.”
The last was said with a wry laugh, which perhaps expressed both joy and sadness. At 46 and the mother of grown children, this sister has been single for a few years.
“I was married at a very young age and had my children early. The marriage did not last. I can’t say I was really sad when I made it end because I never wanted to marry him, my parents made me and that was it. So, for me, the marriage was not a love thing, I was not even ready to get married, looking back I was so young…,” she said, trailing off.
