I must be ravishing.

I debated whether or not to even post this....the last few posts have all been very pessimistic, but hang in there it gets better.  I grow, I learn, I lose the weight. 

Jane, herself, knew there were far worse things than being single. A mercenary marriage is one of them.

Marriage in Jane’s day was more about status in society, some love, but mostly status. I feel that today statuses have been replaced with looks. Where a woman’s status would have gotten her noticed in the 19^thCentury, just being skinny is enough now. Not even pretty, just skinny. Thin does not pretty make. And maybe the men do fall in love with the unattractive skinny trollop eventually but what about us, lovable but are not thin enough to catch their attentions. We remain single. We are not even given the chance to be loved. I think I would be happier to remain single like Jane than to marry one of them! Let the Bitterness ensue.