Pineapple & Macadamia Breeze

SELF-RELIANCE

Another lone vacationer was at the bar last night, this time a 47 year old woman. I know she was 47, because she pretty much filled me in on her life history. When she got married at age 22, her husband promised to take her to Hawaii for their 25th anniversary. After 23 years together, he left her for a younger woman, so she decided to treat herself to a Hawaiian vacation anyway. (Good for her!)

She had a few bitter things to say, but overall, she seems to have decided maybe life isn't so bad on her own. As you might imagine, she had plenty of advice for me about men, but all of it boiled down to: "You can't rely on anybody else. You have to take care of yourself."

And that isn't such bad advice, is it? Whether or not you find someone to spend your life with?