Should Women Wait for Mr. Right?
Women seem to always be looking for Mr. Right. In Films they usually find him. Sally gets her Harry, Baby falls for Johnny and Carrie has Mr. Big. Waiting for these romantic Happy Ends is always worth is, because the women are rewarded with true love.
But what about women who are still waiting for Mr. Right? Who want to find Mr. Right, but sooner rather than later, because they’re not getting any younger? This unromantic article suggests that single women should no longer wait for Mr. Right, but settle for Mr. Good Enough.
The author lists plenty of good reasons why single women waiting for Mr. Right will regret being so picky when they’re old, still single, and lonely. This attitude all but advocates unromantic panic weddings and is based on a very strange notion of what a relationship can and should be, but it still can’t tell women the exact right time to stop waiting for Mr. Right.
When are women supposed to decide that the time for a romantic encounter with Mr. Right has passed? If they settle too soon with someone who is not Mr. Right, bitterness and regret will follow. If they wait too long for the elusive Mr. Right (according to the author) they’ll remain single forever, because not even Mr. Good Enough will want them any more.
At be2 we constantly see women of all ages find their Mr. Right, because they didn’t give up on that romantic notion. We say wait for Mr. Right as long as you still believe he exists. Everything else is not just unromantic but unrealistic!
