Okayyyy. Really now.

Why does society always say that a woman has to be with a man in order to be happy? I don't understand how that works, when there is a billion other reasons to be happy. Friends, family, cupcakes, snoopy. I mean come on. In order to be successful, one has to be paired off with someone else. I don't get the point of that.
Sure, being in a relationship is fun stuff. You have someone to share memories with, someone to keep you company, and someone to have really long conversations with that actually mean something. Yes, I'm sure that you and I have that innermost desire to be together with someone. But what I don't understand, is that everyone says that the key of being successful is to being in a successful relationship, or to be married with children. And what about those who haven't found someone that they would want to be in a relationship with, they get thrown with insults, and those cheesy, "ohh your much too pretty for them guys anyway" kind of speech.
Well, I say the single ones are the best ones, because they are indepandant, they don't need anybody for anything. They are self-sufficent, and can do on their own, with or without someone by their side. A single woman has her own job, place to live, and relies soley on herself. Sure, there are times when she wishes to have someone that will always be there for her to talk to, but then she has friends that can always be there for her. ( I hope, anyways. Kind of like a sex and the city kind of thing), and if she ever needs anything, she can always get help, as an independant woman.
Marriage is like society's way of saying, "hey, you're successful in life! forget about the job, and the college degree, you're in a relationship!" My question is why? I think it should be a part of the plate of success, just not the whole thing. After all, marriage is not the only thing that goes on in our life. We have a job, and an education, and friends also to factor. No offense to the married girls that are out there, or the ones that are in a relationship, but that other person is not your whole life..