Who are "singles"? NYU is hosting an event for Jewish "singles," complete with speed-dating, and facebook suggests that the singles in question are college students. Not that college students are generally married or anything, and not that I have anything against the event itself, but I wouldn't say undergrads could possibly count as "singles." To be a single, you have to be old enough that it's not creepy for you to date a grown-up, say, a doctor, lawyer, or accountant. To be a "single," you have to be not just unmarried but anxious to change the situation. You have to earn enough to participate in singles-oriented activities. College, at least at places other than the one I have experience with, is supposed to be about random and regrettable experiences. Which leaves what, exactly? Perhaps a segment of the NYU undergrad population is looking to settle down, mirroring the 30-to-50 set a few miles uptown. Perhaps, relatively speaking, the University of Chicago is debauched.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Only simchas, no random play
Posted by Phoebe Maltz Bovy at Saturday, December 16, 2006
Labels: Jewish babies, non-French Jews
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Singles in this instance just means not in a relationship. It's more formality and less booze than the bar/party hookup scene, but with the same not obviously permanent goal.
To be a single, you have to be old enough that it's not creepy for you to date a grown-up, say, a doctor, lawyer, or accountant.
Or be old enough that it's not disturbing that you are a grown-up, say, a doctor, lawyer or accountant.
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