{"id":340300,"date":"2015-08-05T08:12:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/dossier\/singlehood-celebrate-your-freedom-2\/youre-single-can-say-yes-56-340300.html"},"modified":"2015-08-05T08:12:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T00:12:08","slug":"youre-single-can-say-yes-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/dossier\/singlehood-celebrate-your-freedom\/youre-single-can-say-yes-56-340300.html","title":{"rendered":"You're single, but you can say \"yes\"!"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>When a man is alone, no one thinks it\u2019s a problem - he probably has deep-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/wellbeing-tips\/emotional-gymnastics-relieve-tensions-112675.html\">mental<\/a> issues, or phobia of commitment. He might even be pleasing too many women, unable to decide! When a guy falls for an older single woman, what does he think? She has her freedom? No. She expects it - a proposal. Not for a second did he imagine that she doesn\u2019t expect a sexy invitation. He might not plan it, but assures her anyway, \"You're not alone, I\u2019m here. \"<\/p> <p>As long as one has a glamorous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/decoding\/habits-behaviour\/top-3-des-metiers-reves-par-les-parents-pour-leurs-enfants-113940.html\">profession<\/a>, be it choreographer, dancer, singer or hairdresser, and that we don\u2019t dress too prude, applications become more insistent. Inevitably, single and with long legs and hair of a super star, we are ready for anything and act like panthers. Some insist: \"Better to have remorse than regrets.\" Luckily, there will be neither one nor the other. As in, not wanting a man, because celibacy is not to say more \"open bar\" than \"good nun\".<\/p> <p>Still, your friends are also going support you in starting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/expert-advice\/breaking-free-from-emotional-prison-95492.html\">relationship<\/a>: \"Tell him yes, even just for a night, it would do you good!\" It's amazing how it wishes you well, all this love that hits you... Ironically, the well-meaning friends might start talking about how the longer you remain a couple, the less you\u2019ll feel the love. With that, we\u2019re not sure whether they still want to talk about sex after that.<\/p> <p><em>Val\u00e9rie Rodrigue and Nur Syazana H.<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When one is single past thirty, sometimes you feel like a fragile thing waiting in vain for love. 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