Dear Ann Landers,
I'm a middle-aged career girl who en-joys her work and her life. A friend just phoned for the second time this week; she has a fellow she wants me to meet. Why don't people leave me alone? Why don't these do-gooders understand that many unmarried women are single by choice? I have a fascinating job, a beautiful apartment, good clothes, one great vacation a year, and I wouldn't trade places with any married woman. I see them at the office, rushing around like crazy trying to perform their wifely chores during lunch hour. They dash out the door at 4:59 to do the marketing, fix supper, iron shirts, and scrub floors. The married girls in this office look beat and run-down at the heels. They are helping to pay for his boat, or a car, or fishing and hunting gear, not to mention liquor and other odds and ends. And then, of course, there are the in-laws. I could go on and on but by now you have the idea. I wish others would get it, too. Thanks for letting me unload.-Unclaimed Jewel By Choice

Dear Unclaimed,
The married girls are also married by choice. Not everyone wants a life in double harness. But if you haven't tried it, don't knock it.