Your Self Worth is NOT Dependent on your Relationship Status

It seems like there have been a rash of new relationships popping up on Facebook lately...either pics of the happy couple or one or the other has posted a status about the their new "love". And it never fails, more than one person comments that she/he has never looked so happy, they are so happy for them, how great it is to see him/her smiling like that. GAH!!! Really?!? So they didn't look happy before, when they were SINGLE? Like being SINGLE is this horrid thing and you can only smile when you're in a RELATIONSHIP? Well fuck me running if that's the case...I must look like the most miserable person out there then.


Does this look like a miserable person?!?


What bugs me the most is my fellow females, yes my sisters I'm talking to YOU, who put so much emphasis on being a part of a couple and respond to these comments with "yes, I've NEVER been so happy", "he's the BEST thing that ever happened to me" and on and on. I guess it's because I've been single and independent for so long that it bothers me so much. Sure I'd like to have someone to come home to, do things with, rant and rave to when needed, but my life is not at a standstill because my Facebook status does not say "IN A RELATIONSHIP".
And another thing...when I see photos of couples inevitably the woman has one arm around the his waist while her other is reaching across her body, touching the man on his chest/torso, while his is usually casually draped across her shoulder. It's like she has to stake a claim on him by doing this, grabbing on so he doesn't leave her. What is that all about?!?
C'mon ladies...even if you are married or in a REALTIONSHIP you can still embrace your independence and individuality...don't tie who you are to someone else.
I'm sure some of you will call me bitter, have at it...I know the difference.