Learning

I love learning. Partly because I'm nosy, partly because I just like knowing things that most other people don't know. I also like how lately, learning new things is coming to me more easily than it has in a long time. This is the first time in a long time going into exams and thinking, "I'm ready for this test." No stress about them at all, in fact, a little disappointed in how 'easy' they seemed. However, it's not just school, I like learning things about life, too.
It also amazes me how much some people DON'T learn about life that they should. One example that strikes me immediately is an affliction that is extremely more common among women than men. (I began to say YOUNG women, but I think it may be all of them across the board.) Don't get me wrong, I don't like being alone. However, being alone in and of itself is not the end of the world. Though statistically there are many more women in the world than men, has anyone else noticed that far more of the men they know are single than the women? Why is it that so many women are so incredibly petrified of not having a boyfriend (officially or unofficially) that they will do almost anything to get one? Why is it that some women will be with someone that is MORE detrimental to them (in any number of ways) than being single? Is it a fear of change? Is it the feeling that being unhappy and comfortable seems better than being uncomfortable and maybe or maybe not happy? Is it that they are so fundamentally unhappy with who they are that they feel they NEED someone to constantly give them reassurance? (although, that reassurance may be nothing more than the fact that since the boy is BEING the girl's boyfriend, the girl is worth something... many of these 'reassuring' boyfriends are otherwise totally worthless) I don't know, and quite frankly, I'm glad I don't... I wouldn't want to be like that. I have more to say on the subject, but not right now.