I don’t like holidays because holidays are designed for couples. Couples as in, women with online names like “Bunny” or “Kitten” who post with words like “Yum”, and the men who love them.
Now, don’t get me wrong: it’s none of my business whether or not you raise your legs for some man, ladies, or get down on your knees for that matter.
I just don’t understand why you are in a lower tax bracket than I am as a single filer*.
*Example: a married couple with a combined income of $60,000 has a marginal tax rate of 15%, while a single person with the same income has an MTR of 25%.
I also don’t understand why holidays have to do with couples, to the exclusion of everyone else.
Christmas, for example. Why do jewelers advertise to men who are looking for a gift for the women who raise their legs for them? What would be wrong with a marital status-neutral ad with the tag line, “Every woman deserves beautiful jewelry”. Whether or not we have to buy it for ourselves.
I used to love Fourth of July, but no more. Fourth of July should be as marital-status neutral as they come, but it’s not.
Everything is around family get-togethers, which means that there is, inevitably, some married couple in the middle of all of it, fussing over the burgers and the potato salad because never-married people can’t afford a place big enough to entertain more than, oh, one or two guests. Maybe three if all the guests are under age 16.
Family-oriented events are tough enough on us adoptees without making coupled-ness a prerequisite for celebrating the country’s Declaration of Independence, for cripes sake.
About the only holiday left for single people is Halloween. In fact, single people, i.e., children, have the most fun on Halloween.
Could be why it’s my favorite holiday.