Single girl in... College?

Welcome! I am writing this blog as an anonymous single girl living in the suburbs. My trials and tribunes have been both exciting and exhausting in the last few years. Being a independent SINGLE woman in 2011 is far more difficult then I would have ever imagined. 

I've decided to blog about what what it is really like to live in the suburbs of Milwaukee and to be single at age 27. I can't belive i just said that, or is it that I am 27! AH! Well, I should give you a little bit of background information about myself. 

Once upon a time...

I grew up in a suburb about twenty minutes west of Milwaukee. I decided early into my senior year in high school that I would go to college. I had three different colleges in mind when deciding where to go: UW Oshkosh, UW Green Bay and UW Whitewater. I will be honest, do not do make your decision based on the things I looked at when decided if and where you'd like to go to college. 

Choice 1: UW Oshkosh

Oshkosh was just far enough away that I wasn't too far from my family and friends but still far enough! The downfall... My mom wanted me to be a nurse... I did at one point in time until I realized that I almost pass out every time I see blood. This is no good for someone who wants to be a nurse. So I decided against going to Oshkosh to prevent myself from having endure the endless pestering of my mother for a degree I did not want to attain.

Choice 2: UW Green Bay

It was far. It felt a little too far. My sister went there for a semester and really I didn't remember much about it from when she went only because it was for such a short time. My major decision maker of this school was its ratios. You may think to yourself, what the heck do ratios have to do with someones choice whether to come to college at a certain place or not. Well for me I wanted to go to college to meet my husband. (more about that later!) The ratio of girls to guys at Green Bay was 5 girls to 1 guy. My odds were not good. I decided Green Bay was not the school for me.

Choice 3: UW Whitewater

The best thing about UWW was that there was no nursing school. I decided Whitewater would be the school for me because it was close enough for me to still work in Milwaukee yet far enough away to get away from the city here and there. It really didn't hurt that the person giving me my tour was very attractive. 

So here I was, 18 years old entering into college. My field of study... (what every student starts off with!) Business. Oh business...