So, maybe he recently dumped you unceremoniously for that curvaceous girl in his new workplace. Or you’ve finally seen the light and left the little boy pretending to be a 26-year-old man who’s been weighing you down. Or maybe you’ve never really had anyone to breakup with in the first place. And now all you can think about is how miserable and uneventful your life is without a beau.
Yet singlehood need not be defined as the lowest, most boring time in a woman’s life. With the right attitude and outlook, it can be one of the most fun, exciting, and significant periods of our lives.
If you need some more guidelines—or if you are not yet convinced that being happily single is possible—get a copy of Marivi Soliven Blanco’s Sexy, Sassy, Singularly Happy: The Sassy Girl’s Guide to Enjoying the Single Life. This is definitely one book every single woman—whether newly single, single for some time, or single since birth—must have on her nightstand or even in her handbag. At all times.
Blanco offers tips, lists, and tongue-in-cheek insights on how a single woman should engage in activities and pursuits that she only has time and enthusiasm for when she’s single; date as noncommittally and with as much self-possession as a man; and even how she should be caring to dress.
“Singlehood is a marvelous time for experimenting with careers, vocations, fashion…and, lest we forget, men. Read this book and learn how to savor each adventure and extricate yourself from the most grievous dating mishaps,” Blanco writes in her introduction.
With sections such as “Spinster Stereotypes to Avoid,” “Better-off Single,” “Vanquish Ex-Man,” “Date Like a Man,” “Observe Date-tiquette,” “Thou Shalt not Wear Ecru,” “SGCC—The Single Girl’s Code of Conduct,” and “Savvy Sex,” Blanco ensures that you get a good laugh while having several “I should have known” moments.
So stop feeling like you can never be cheerful again until you find the next man in your life, and start reading. As Blanco guarantees, “I can’t promise it will help you get a date this Friday, but if you don’t this will at least help you feel better about staying home.”
Sexy, Sassy, Singularly Happy is available at all National Book Store outlets for P350.
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