I don't get it

A coworker of mine is recently (within the past two weeks) separated from her husband. Tonight she asked me if I thought it would be hokey to put herself on match.com or some website like that. Let me begin by saying that I don't think such a thing is hokey. I've done it myself, in my younger, "gosh I need a girlfriend, please god, let me get a girlfriend" days. And it seems to work for some people. (I think they're the minority, but they exist nonetheless.) But her asking me brought to a head (again) this seemingly universal urge that almost every person has to "find someone." Two weeks... why worry so soon about finding someone else? Take that time to reconnect with yourself. Do things that you like to do, and eventually you wi

Okay, this fucking thing cut off my post and I'm typing this as an edit. Thankfully enough for my computer's sake, it only lopped off about two paragraphs. Here's the gist:
1) It's silly to miss out on life because you're desperately chasing after the ideal of a significant other
2) After 6 years of bachelorhood, I'm happy with who I am, and if I meet a gal that totally meshes with who I am and what I want, that's fantastic; but I'm not going to sacrifice my individuality by settling for someone who doesn't. And I'm certainly not going to waste my time looking for such a person...
That said, I shake my fist at blogger for cutting out the initial writings, but I'm secretly grateful 'cause I got to add a line about "chasing after someone to settle for," which I think made a good ending to the rant. So everything about this post worked out, even if it felt like it wasn't going to... how very Taoist...