It doesn't address the more pressing issue affecting many single women; single motherhood.

I doubt too many single women without child children at home really feel they need to learn survival techniques, but being a single mother with kids at home is a situation that a lot of women feel they need support and help to deal with.

Back in the day before I succumbed to lure of serious relationships, the only problem I had was learning how to cook for myself. The SingleEdition site does give a few good tips on how to save money if you are single (without kids), but in general I find the site rather worthless, as the site doesn't give really good advice like; how to do without a car if you live in an urban or suburban area, how to put your extra money into safe investments, how to hang your laundry to dry rather than paying for a drier, how to select safe room mates to split the rent with, or a step by step guide on determining whether or not the man or woman you might be interested in is a creep or a quality individual.

To anonymous.

I used to be a man that would suggest waxing, because I hated beating around the bush and having to pick stuff out of my teeth, but since I got married my wife has turned me into a man that flosses 3 times a day (because wax and raiser blades are just too painful when used around such delightfully delicate body regions).

You're right, Robert Franklin, I don't need a doctoral dissertation to control the way I think and perceive the world. I can ask my male friends, family members, and coworkers if what they see hundreds of times a day in advertising, the media, and on TV makes them feel self conscious about themselves or their bodies, and they all say "no." But when I ask the women in my life the same question, they all say "yes."

Never in my life have I have felt that I couldn't leave the house without putting on makeup. Never in my life have felt I was being judged by hair style. Never in my life have a worried about my weight or that I needed to count the calories of ever plate of food I ate. Never have I worried about whether or not my clothes make me look fat. Never in my life have I felt that my past sex life would come back to haunt my reputation. And never in my life have I felt I would lose some of my authority because my coworkers and subordinates knew who I was sleeping with. Never have I been afraid of being called a whore, slut, or even easy.

I once dated a woman that had 6 cats, 3 ferrets, a dog, and a lot of other critters living with her in a small studio apartment. Physical activity with her was like having sex in a jungle, which actually had some appeal to it. I could deal with the smell, but it took a long time to wash off the fir, and I could not leave my uniforms over at her apartment (which at first meant that I could not stay the night at her place, until I learned that I could just leave my uniforms at work).

Generally speaking pets are not a problem, as long as that special someone in your life is not allergic to fir, and as long as you make it clear that you are not going to pass on your pet responsibilities on to him or her.