Change is coming... Q&A LIFE UPDATE | careers & dating in my twenties 

society (men) conditions us into thinking we need a relationship (a man) to be truly happy. this is false, and bases womens happiness and worth on their association with a man. according to statistics single childless women are the happiest and healthiest demographic!

is this womens goal (a husband and baby) because they actually want it, or because society expects it of them? because statistics show single childless women are the happiest and healthiest demographic, so maybe instead of women feeling the need and validation of conforming, if we did what we really wanted, we would be happier and healthier! i never want to settle down or have kids, i plan on living my life to the fullest. societies expectations can kiss my a$$

society (men) conditions us into thinking we need a relationship (a man) to be truly happy. this is false, and bases womens happiness and worth on their association with a man. according to statistics single childless women are the happiest and healthiest demographic!

Ahh thank you Mia! I’m very lucky

society (men) conditions us into thinking we need a relationship (a man) to be truly happy. this is false, and bases womens happiness and worth on their association with a man. according to statistics single childless women are the happiest and healthiest demographic!

Yes the apps can feel a little forced at times!

Very kind!

That's why I like Paige...

I felt they were on brand

society (men) conditions us into thinking we need a relationship (a man) to be truly happy. this is false, and bases womens happiness and worth on their association with a man. according to statistics single childless women are the happiest and healthiest demographic!

Absolutely progress! Take it at your own pace

society (men) conditions us into thinking we need a relationship (a man) to be truly happy. this is false, and bases womens happiness and worth on their association with a man. according to statistics single childless women are the happiest and healthiest demographic!

Gotta analyse those trends 🤷‍♀️😂

Meals do provide time for interaction, but if you don’t like the person then you’re stuck there until you’re done with the meal. At least with coffee or drinks you can move onto another activity, such as going to a museum or bowling, if you’re both feeling it or you can get away after a relatively short period of time if you’re not into it.

@@WooHooCelery -- That's certainly a widely-held view and I respect your opinion. I would counter that if one is "serious" about any undertaking, one should be willing to spend the time and "do the work" to achieve the objective, even when some time is wasted/unpleasant. Me being curious & weird, I'd love to see if there's any statistical correlation between type of first date and long-term relationships. Cheers.

The best hobby!

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society (men) conditions us into thinking we need a relationship (a man) to be truly happy. this is false, and bases womens happiness and worth on their association with a man. according to statistics single childless women are the happiest and healthiest demographic!

is this womens goal (a husband and baby) because they actually want it, or because society expects it of them? because statistics show single childless women are the happiest and healthiest demographic, so maybe instead of women feeling the need and validation of conforming, if we did what we really wanted, we would be happier and healthier! i never want to settle down or have kids, i plan on living my life to the fullest. societies expectations can kiss my a$$

@@maneskinnnnn7190 I can only speak for myself but I definitely haven’t followed this path because it’s what society expects. Some people feel fulfilled being single and that’s fantastic others feel fulfilled growing a family. Whatever works for each person. I can say I’ve never been happier or healthier until now but I have plenty of friends who are either single and no kids, married but don’t want kids and married and want/do have kids and we are all happy and fulfilled in our own ways

Love that!

Interesting!

I'm a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and also did Part III Mathematics at Cambridge which is meant to be the hardest masters degree in the world..... The difficulty of the mathematics/trickiness of the questions in the Cambridge masters degree was a bit harder than the actuarial exams, however, the volume of work overall of becoming an actuarial Fellow (many detailed exams over many years (remember, to get an exemption to even the first set of actuarial exams involves an entire bachelor's degree at ~1st class honours standard and then to get an exemption to a few more requires a full time masters course)) puts actuarial Fellowship waaaaay beyond just ordinary masters level. Also one of my Cambridge lecturers at the time Dr Heather Cordell admitted there's no way she could have become an actuary, so I don't know where people are getting the Chartered Actuary is equivalent to a masters degree from, that's nonsense... many of my Cambridge masters friends went on to do DPhil etc even though they scored less in their masters exams and they'd completed their doctorates well before many people in our cohort (who had higher masters scores than them) had become actuaries. That said while us Fellows in the UK are getting awarded Chartered Actuary status also, that's not to say that Chartered Actuary status might be being awarded for Associate of the Institute level actuaries (rather than Fellow) or for actuarial status overseas (which involves lots of work but less than UK actuarial fellowship).

😂😂 roll on the business trips!

We’ll see the holiday makes it out the group chat

😂😂 I use Hinge and Bumble. But I’m the worst at messaging so maybe I haven’t unlocked their full potential!

Currently listening to Traitors Uncloaked as I’m hooked on the show. Other than that, I often listen to celebrity interviews. I always worry that I’m annoying other people on the train when I ring someone!

Her sister's name is Lydia.

We speak on the phone quite regularly and often see shows together in London. Given that we live 2.5 hours apart, I think we do a good job!

So true, Buster gives unconditional love 🐾 and yes I’d 100% adopt a dog in the future once I’ve finished all the travel I wanna do!

It’s unusual… but I won’t argue with it!

For ancient universities such as Cambridge, Oxford and Trinity Dublin, it's a legacy award - a BA gets 'promoted' to MA, typically after 6 yrs which is like a honourary award. Current and past undergraduates and graduates remain members of the respective colleges within the universities for life. The 'MA' is used within the College/University to enable the 'pecking order' for college/university events.. voting etc. These are the only postnominal MAs. Typically denoted as MA (Cantab), MA(Oxon), MA(Trinity) .. Postgraduate Masters, which requires additional study, have postnominals like MSc, MLitt, MPhil etc

Aren't you like...too old for her?