To begin with...being single brings it's perks.
You can make spontaneous plans without answering to anyone. You can serve cereal for dinner and no one complains. Plus, the covers are all your own so there's no waking up cold!
I also love being in relationships for numerous reasons, but the one thing about being single and female in a new town is safety. I've lived in several different places, small towns, large cities, and have rarely felt unsafe in my own home. There is always the moment one feels when you're coming out of a store, it's dark, you can hear your own foot steps. They sound louder than ever. Then you start breathing a little faster. Maybe you hold your breath. I've whipped out my cell phone to dial a trusty friend to talk to me until I'm locked and safe in my car or home. Which, by the way, I've heard you're NOT SUPPOSED to do. Talking on a cell distracts your attention from your surroundings...but it does make you feel a little better.
I just did a story on a woman who was recently attacked while buying diapers late-night from a Kroger store in Brownwood. Luckily, she was able to fight off her attacker but this man is still on the loose.
Not a very comforting thought at all.
My roommate and I have experienced a few rather odd cases of strange men approaching us late at night and so that compiled with stories about women being attacked in the Big Country, took us on an errand this weekend. Off to the local sporting goods store to buy Mase for the first time. They had about 5 or 6 different choices, but all of them costing less than 10 bucks.
Can't put a price on safety. Especially when it's so affordable to do.
While there is no way to stop attacks from happening, it is possible to arm yourself with whatever protective gear you can.
What do you think? To mase or not to mase?
