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The social connections of a single 20-something woman: moved away from parents, college roommates, not yet in with a man, children a decade or so away … In this modern world we live in, what fulfills the young woman of today – can a quarter-lifer “have it all”—Or just a quarter of life?

We find ourselves living in a world in which Tom Cruise has gone insane, read: the dream man has proven all too real; a dud, or worse; a dick. So who or what can complete me?

Our generation is in a tough spot. We were raised in a world where we still learned to someday be good wives, housekeepers and mothers. At 6, we dreamt of weddings, shared beds, and played with baby dolls and giving labor.

We went through high school becoming lonelier and lonelier, discovering this disturbing thing we now know as “horniness”, and finally went off to college. There we learned that men disappoint even when we get them to love us – or “love” us, because it probably isn’t real still at that point. It’s a surreal life of halves: sheltered freedom, non-private loneliness, structured responsibilities, and hard work with no pay.

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