Self Partnered?

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

A bit daft or a good turn of phrase?

Emma Watson has described herself as this,she means she is single.Aibu to think shes being a bit daft or do you think it's a good thing shes described herself in this way because shes more than happy to be alone.

Oh please, it’s absolute and complete codswallop. What a load of bollocks. She’s had several boyfriends over the past few years, so whatever.

I know I should like and admire Emma Watson but I just....can't. She seems so self obsessed and the things she comes out with are so wanky.
Brilliant you are having being single-great stuff. But 'self partnered'? Ugh.

Actually I really like it. Mainly because people are arrogant enough not to believe you when you say “I’m happy single”.

But then I also “consciously uncoupled”

I thought she was taking the piss out of Gwyneth Paltrow.

It makes me think of those Japanese women who get all dressed up as a bride to have photos taken but have no groom and no actual wedding.

it’s classism at its finest

I had a while diatribe, but I think this anecdote sums it up. My mom died last year. My dad lives far away and needs to have out-patient surgery. He is going to have to hire someone to take him home from the hospital and stay with him. Thankfully, he is very well off, otherwise he would not be able to get the surgery he needs. The hospital will not do it if he doesn’t have a support person sitting there waiting to take him home.

Being self-partnered, in the way used by, for example, Melanie Tonia Evans, means more than 'single'. blog.melanietoniaevans.com/what-is-self-partnering/

I want to know how she can break up with herself if it doesn’t work out! 🤔

I'm pretty sure she was being tongue in check...

But the phrase aside I'd much rather hear that than an actress or high profile female moaning on about how miserable it is being single and how difficult it is to find a bloke.

A young, intelligent, attractive and highly successful woman publicising the joys of being single, pushing against the tide of drivel from all quarters of the media telling us we're on the shelf if we haven't found a partner by the age of 30. Find it hard to find much that's negative about that.

I liked the phrase.

Though whether she is or is not in a relationship should only be our concern were she to be under some form of coercive control or abuse.

Wankery of the highest order.

At first I thought 'waah?' but it is actually quite clever/funny.
It struck me as intentionally self sufficient.

It’s a new term a new label

Though the words I’m single and that’s fine with me wouldn’t raise the question

I’m not so sure it’s a statement when it raises the question what does that mean which it has done