The Lion's Pride vol. 1 (Fall 2013) | Page 29

26 knows they are aging but you don’t really think about it until suddenly you look back and think, wow, where did it go? How did it pass by so quickly? As a soon to be thirty and flirty year old, single or otherwise known as being a “singleton” in this day and age. I find that suddenly I am thrown into a world of thirty something year old men and the sea of baby momma’s, broken hearts and excess baggage. I have come to learn that one of the rules of being thirty is this: If you haven’t been snatched up by now something is wrong with you. Guys for instance are weary of woman, the damage they could potentially cause or the heartache they could possibly have to endure. I myself am weary of men in this new chapter called my thirties as most men, at least the good ones, are already married, leaving only the bad seeds to be picked over. Usually these men are single for one reason or another and whatever that reason is I don’t want to know. It’s a scary world of dating out there in the age bracket of thirty – forty. One must always stay on their toes and keep an eye out for the bad seeds that are left over having never been picked in the first place and for good reason. All of us, I would presume, consider ourselves as wearers of many “hats” if you will. As a single mom turning thirty, back