I'm only fifteen, but I think that video is kickass. =)

Awesome! This morning I was just thinking how relationships are so incredibly weird to me and I get bored in them very soon. So I have never really though that they are for me. I am happy being single, I have tons of freedom.

Yesterday a friend said, "you would be happy with a little girl." I replied," would you say that to a man before you said that to a women?" Probably not.

I get really tired of people thinking a man or a child will complete me. I am complete and happy all on my own!

Hell yes! I'm over 40 and never married, it rocks. Screw the script society gives us, just live life. I'm not into going to fundraisers( I hate crowds, esp. here in L.A.) but I'll send these women some money for sure!

I think this movie looks awesome. I also hope that she includes some lesbian/bi/queer women and their perspectives.

this looks awesome, i wish i could make it to the fundraiser.

although as an unrelated side not, the selling of producer credits marketed as "get your start!" is kind of absurd.

This makes me so happy and I'm even an old married lady :)

I just hate the pressure I see on my friends to get married and have kids. Where's the pressure to explore yourself, your world and your society? Where's the pressure to get the masters degree or doctorate? Where's the pressure to live in news places and learn life's lessons in your 20's and 30's?

If I ever have a daughter you had better believe I will be pressuring her to be "the best version of herself" before she makes any lifelong committments, especially to a life partner.

Thanks for plugging this very exciting documentary in the making! About a month ago, my friend Christina and I searched and searched for Web sites and blogs that celebrated living single, because we both love it so much. We couldn't find anything that didn't have an underlying pro-coupling message (like "yes, enjoy single life ... so you can become a better person for your future mate"), so we started a blog called Onely (http://onely.org) that celebrates everything we love about being single. We hope you'll check us out!

This is such a timely subject
to be addressed in a film.
The issue of happiness is
so important to us as
individuals, and any project
that tackles this universal
theme is a wonderful venture.
I cannot wait to see this
movie!!!!!!

Brian

Slightly OT: as someone who reads a lot of folklore, I always shake my head at the social perception that "fairy tale = happy ending". I specifically avoided referring to my own wedding as a "fairy tale wedding", because to me that would have involved someone dying or being cursed.

That aside, this movement towards redefining the "happy ending" to include being happily single cheers me immensely.

Ahh, those are my Generation X sisters, even the more hardcore late X variety. I totally get it...we grew up as latchkey kids, lots of bad things happened during our childhood, we don't trust anyone and we don't care to commit. We couldn't care less about your institutions and we don't believe in fairy tales. We make our own happy endings. And you Gen Yers (our nieces and nephews) and your dumb Baby Boomer parents (our older sisters and brothers) don't get it, and that is just fine by us. I may actually be around for that fundraiser so thanks for the heads-up!

As the director/producer of this doc, I can't thank you enough for these amazing comments!! Putting on the fundraiser this summer is so much hard work and you guys have completely re-energized me, so much so that I'm printing your comments and putting them above my desk. If you can spread word of the fundraiser to your LA peeps, it'd be much appreciated: www.seekinghappilyeverafter.eventbrite.com. In the meantime, Kerry and I will try to do each of you proud with this film, which is a total project of passion. Michelle

I do think it's very cool that people are trying to stand up for women who don't want traditional things, although my only caveat is not to diss those of us who did get married, and even (oh dear god!) changed our last names. I see a lot of anti-marriage stuff on here, and while I think it's great if you're happy and single, I also love my life being married, and I changed my last name because my parents were horrible and I wanted a new better family, with a new name to go with it. It doesn't make you weak or less independent, it's just a difference in how you find happiness.

*shrugs* Anyway, I do identify with the people in the documentary, because I get all kinds of crap for saying I don't want kids. I hope their project goes well!

the one woman at the beginning saying she has an awesome single life with her yearly inter-continental vacation makes me wonder about the tone of this film - is it just interviewing moneyed single professionals about their single-dom? i'm curious to see if the subjects cross class lines.

the one woman at the beginning saying she has an awesome single life with her yearly inter-continental vacation makes me wonder about the tone of this film - is it just interviewing moneyed single professionals about their single-dom? i'm curious to see if the subjects cross class lines.

@ bitsofstring:
I was thinking about that too. I know there are a lot of poor single mothers out there. I hope they're loving being single, too.

I also wonder about women with disabilities feeling pressure to find a partner to "take care" of them. My aunt has a heart condition, and when she got engaged there was a lot of relief going around, especially from my mom and my grandma, that she had someone to take care of her. My aunt ended up breaking off the engagement and she's building her own counseling practice. I think she definitely made the right decision, despite my mom's worries.