SWF

Single-White-Female
So far two girls have reacted to this fact as if it was preposterous. My friend the dance instructor and our maid, Portia. This seems so natural to me, being young and single, especially for someone who is currently moving about the world.
But here, as opposed to Switzerland and my set, people get married- and they get married in their mid twenties. Oh the glamour of it. In the land of diamonds, magazines are filled with ads of scintillating solitaires and glittering wedding bands.

I do not find one inch of myself taken up by this. Infact, everyday I'm more and more aware of how I am quite content on my own. If I can't be whole and complete now, when will I ever be? I can see how here, locking yourself into a relationship with a male has the additional benefit of increased sexual security. South Africa has an alarming number of rape cases, and in a place where a good portion of the population has HIV, the single life is not so glamorous.