From Sandy’s Vault

 Answers to an 1889 British magazine (Titbits) asking women why they are still single:

by Sandy McReynolds 

Miss Sparrow wrote:

"Because I do not want another pet, and I consider man less tame than a dog, less affectionate than a cat, and less entertaining than a monkey."

Miss Emaline Lawrence wrote:

"Because men, like certain cakes, are deceptive: they look inviting on the outside, but on closer inspection they prove to be stale and insipid."

Miss aSarah Kennerly wrote:

“Like a wild steed that runs free on the prairies, disdaining the noose that would enslave him, so I prefer to tread the line between independence and bondage, rather than be caught in the knot of marriage.”