Well, not quite…but an e-mail re: a popular thread:

Dear K-lo,
Long time Corner reader, first time writer. Clearly you and Derb have struck a cord with your Ally McBeal Nation thread. I’m not a fan of the show either, but since I have been lumped into a category headed by a TV personality with some serious character flaws; as an over 30, single, urban, career woman, I feel I must come to the defense of my single sisters.
Men are getting off the hook way to easy; lots of the flaws that have been pointed out in the character of single women are just as easily applied to the single men out there. The truth of the matter is men and women in my age group have grown up in a very confused time where men and women’s roles and expectations are not clearly defined. From what I read in the Corner, we have the feminist movement to thank. In fact I can confidently say that 5 men I have dated steadily/seriously (6 mos or longer) have flat out told me they don’t ever plan to get married. Oh, with the exception of the guy who said he wouldn’t get married until he was 40 at least, then only to someone much younger because he of course wants children.
What is a single gal to do? Well this single gal is working hard, saving her money and making her own life. And I’ll say, after you get over the constant family grilling about why you aren’t married yet, and extraordinarily rude questions from your boss’s friends about your singlehood (Cc: Derb), it ain’t all bad. I can make all my own decisions based on what I want (is it still self-centered if the only person you have to take in to the equation is yourself?) and do what I want when I want… so until the proverbial Mr. Right (or make that Mr. Good Enough, because I wouldn’t want to be perceived as having too high of expectations) comes along, I’ll be quite content on my own.
In the meantime, I would ask the dear readers of the Corner to give us single girls a break- it ain’t easy out here for us either!