When You’re Getting Older and Still Haven’t Found Love
Leah Chambers
Most of the love stories in Hollywood suggest that life doesn’t truly begin until you find the one. We are conditioned to believe that if we just wait long enough or stay attractive enough and thin enough, our own happily ever after will eventually arrive. But when you’re sitting solo while your younger friends or relatives celebrate anniversaries or the birth of their children, that happily-ever-after narrative starts to feel less like a promise and more like a sucker punch. It can leave you feeling left out or unworthy. It can make you feel envious of people who are just living out their lives, unaware of your secret longing and...
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