Remind me not to come to you for advice

I was talking with some coworkers about student loans the other day. One was a nurse, married, in her 30's, no kids. The other was a PCA (nurse's aid), 22, in her last year of nursing school. We were discussing how much we love having student loans and how we wish we made enough to pay them back in 2-3 years. The younger girl was saying how she heard about how you could go live on an Indian Reservation or in some rural Appalachian town for two years and get it paid off, but she wasn't ready to do that.

The older lady said, "You should totally do that while you're young and single."

I had to bite my tongue before saying something I'd regret. Sure, it would be nice to have those loans paid off, but why would someone in their 20's want to go and spend 2 years without a social life? In your 20's and 30's you should be out having fun and enjoying life (especially if you are single). Not sitting in the middle of nowhere on a Friday night for two years. I'm not saying it is any easier once you're married, but at least you'd have someone to talk to on Friday nights. I don't think I could convince any of my single friends to go with me.

My mom told me the other day that the Cleveland Clinic offers to pay your student loans if you go work in Dubai for two years and that I should look into it because I'm "young and single." I asked her if she ever wanted grandchildren, and ended that discussion. Dubai would be fun to visit, but I can only imagine how much fun I'd have there for two years. What if I met and married some guy who was a wife beater (sorry to judge but I just read what happened to Mary Murphy from SYTYCD-sad).

So to further prevent you from sounding like an idiot around a singe person, I've made some lists.

Fun things to do while you're young and single:
Travel
Start new hobbies
Learn a new skill
Travel
Semester abroad
Humanitarian projects
Humanitarian projects in foreign countries
Make [funny] movies for ward talent shows
Stay up late
Grad school in most of Western Europe

Anti social things to do while you're young and single
Work in a rural village for two years
Work in the Middle East for two years
Sit at home alone every Friday night

Next time you hear about a "great" opportunity for a singleton, ask yourself how much fun it would be to do said opportunity by yourself. If you wouldn't want to do it alone, the singleton probably wouldn't want to do it either. Even if they are young.