Commitment? What?

I love reading random self-help articles. Today's topic: fear of commitment. I learned interesting facts: in Japan, 54% of women age 25-44 are single, and it pisses off male politicians to the point where they say things like the following:

"Welfare is supposed to take care of and reward those women who have lots of children. It is truly strange to say that we have to use tax money to take care of women who don't even give birth once, who grow old living their lives selfishly and singing the praises of freedom."
--Yoshiro Mori, Japan's former prime minister

I bet he doesn't feel the same way about bachelors. And since I also enjoy top ten lists, this one is courtesy of the author of Kiss and Run.

Top 10 signs you’re commitment-phobic:

1. You have a long and elaborate list of requirements for your ideal mate.
2. You go from one short-lived relationship to the next.
3. You have a habit of dating "unavailable" men.
4. You consider your married friends’ lives boring and think they settled for less.
5. You stay in relationships that are rocky and offer little hope of commitment.
6. You back out of plans at the last minute and have trouble setting a time for dates.
7. You cultivate large networks of friends at the expense of a single romantic relationship.
8. You have a lot of relationship trauma in your past.
9. Your career is very important to you and you often choose work over relationships.
10. You are constantly blowing “hot” and “cold” in your relationships.