26 and single nothing wrong with that...take your time young lady and besides you may always want to be single and if you do just think you can quit your job and go into the shoe business and sell all those shoes you bought when you got frustrated.The way i figure it you must have 100dozens of shoes...and no one is giving you sympathetic looks they are checking out your beauty.Your at least one of the girls in the pix and all of you are beautiful.And as far as men ,no one in this world is perfect. To make it right it takes work,lots of hard work ,kind of what your doing now,burying yourself in your work...nothing is easy in this world..yea mr right is somewhere ,some place...for you...so don't get mad and disgusted and don't blame any of your friends because they are married...you'll get down that isle...you know someone a long time ago had told me this and told this to a female friend of mine and until this day she still thanks me,she now has been married for 10yrs....i don't know if your religious but here it is God determines who walks into your life...it's up to you to decide who you let walk away,who you let stay,and who you refuse to let go....well needless to say the one guy she refused to let go is still with her today...and if you didn't know them you would think they just got married and still on their honeymoon....ok young girl which one are u in the pix and what is your first name..hey where are you now.......later from philly.....mike....keep in touch i want to hear all about your step by step experience.

You're too funny...Nora Roberts & Disney!  With the divorce rate over 50% you're probably the smartest one in your group.  You're still very young.  Think back how much you've changed since 21...you will change and mature even more by 30 and hopefully you will be a bit more worldly.  Your friends may be getting divorced about the time you marry...I hope not though.  There are few Mr. or Ms. Rights or Perfect...I agree with oddone's comment, and don't think you can change anyone after you're married.  Either you can live with their warts or not.  You certainly have your own, as we all do.  Stop looking and I promise someone will come your way one day, but if you force it, it will probably be a mistake.  You're so young.  My daughter and many of her friends near your age are single, establishing their careers and independence. If the right person comes along, so be it.  But they're not dwelling on it.  In the meantime, they are enjoying being in their 20s...as all of you should.  You will look back one day and understand these were probably some of the best years of your life.  You won't get those years back. Enjoy life...family, travel, friends, volunteer, etc.  In the meantime, enjoy your novels.

It all depends on what the faults are! If they are physical flaws...that can be dealt with in a relationship, However, if you are speaking about character flaws and faults...then head for the nearest exit! Good, emotionally sound and mentally stable men are hard to meet these days, at least the ones who are single.Every little girl inside every woman wants the fairy tale...and I never even watched the Disney shows! Holding out until you meet that caliber of a man who's right for you is a smart and intelligent thing, its shows restraint, discipline, goals, and personal desire. Trust me...if you settle for less, you will be unhappy!26 is still young, stick with your standards, try to be happy as a single woman, and when Sir Lancelot arrives (I mean Fabio,) you'll be glad that you waited:)

~Zabrina

Zabrina well said.... well said everyone.  Number one you don't have to "look" for Mr. Right.  One day he'll show up when you least expect it.  I married young and remarried and divorced again so yes, I've been divorced twice.  Two totally separate stories that I won't get into right now.  So for you to go out and have a career and do what you wanted to do is perfectly fine!

It's so funny, in an ironic way, that you should mention that people find it different that you choose to be single.  I've been single for a while and I'm 29 with 12 years of experience.  My divorces have left a not so nice taste in my mouth, but I'm not going to say "no" to marriage if that right person does come along.  You're young, live life to the fullest but when you find your Mr. Right, or he finds you, know that there will be "quirks" that will have to be overlooked. No one is perfect and as long as you go into any relationship knowing there will be things that will aggrevate the crap out of you, you'll be just fine.  Some things you have to let go.  And it's okay to be picky and choosey just don't go overboard.  And above all:  Trust Your Gut Instinct.

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Lisa good advice, as always.  I actually went out to buy the book for my niece and ended up reading it and LMBO.  It was a ..... "wow, I remember when...." moment or two. hee hee hee I just realized after your post that the book is sitting on my book shelf and I didn't even give it to my niece yet.  You know to prevent her from becoming "one of those girls"  hee hee hee.

Just Us..... there are many people on this site looking out for you so don't dispair.... you're happy? That's all that matters!