Chrispy – The three scenarios you outlined still leave the door open to Perry’s theory. Buying a house on your own doesn’t prove to me that you are still not socialized to find a husband to take care of you. Perhaps you are still looking for a man or alternatively perhaps you are in a state of denial, doing everything possible to create the illusion that you don’t need a man, when in fact any day the right man could come along, whisk you off your feet and steal half your equity:)