Been mulling this over for a half hour. Write tweet delete. Write tweet delete.

Write tweet: I am a nearly 49 year old woman who is a single mom with a dog. I do not need to be told by other women to “love myself.” I do not need to be told by other women: “you don’t need a man.”
I do not need to be told “get a dog.”

I do not need to even run the tape in my head that says “write it like it’s ok to want a partner. Write it like the good girl even though you’re the lifelong sex-positive feminist.”
NOOOO.

It’s a fucking pandemic. I’ve had one four month thingy, if you can call it that, since the end of my marriage 3.5 years ago. I am a nearly 49 year old woman, and no one else gets to dictate what I want.

If what I want is to bitch about dating in a pandemic, I’m allowed.
If want I want it to write one word bitching about dating in a pandemic, no one gets to chide me for that.

Hell, if what I want is to be ridden hard and put away wet, the only thing any other woman should be saying is: congratu-fucking-lations, you’re human.
Goodnight, female enforcers of patriarchy!

<write tweet, don’t delete, send tweet>

FFS IT’S A PANDEMIC LIGHTEN UP
(cue tweets: why aren’t you enlightening and calm any longer?!)
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