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Whether you're solitary by choice or simply unlucky in love, being single is complicated.
Ladies, Love Can Wait
There are times that we feel like we're being left behind, friends are either getting married, getting engaged, or having kids. That feeling that we're running out of time as we see everyone else moving on with their lives—but, here you are, feeling stuck in a job, and contemplating if you should eat that pizza at three in the morning. You say you're okay, but some nights are just crippling with sadness with the same old routine, and having no one to feel excited about life with.
Jan MagallonPublished 3 years ago in HumansWill I Ever?
I always thought that I’m fine with being alone, that I am happy. I always thought that I can survive all alone, but as I sit here thinking to myself, maybe I am not okay. Maybe I just somehow adapted and made peace with the idea that I’m not good enough for someone to love.
tobi mulderPublished 3 years ago in HumansB.O.S.S.
“I wish I could be married to more than one woman at a time.” “Do you need a man to make more money than you?” “You should let me give you a baby. Every woman needs to have at least one child.” “Why haven’t you been married? You put career first?” “You seem like you would give a man problem.” “You make me think too hard… I don’t want to think that hard.” “You’re stubborn.” “You should just let a man save face—even though you know he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” “There’s nothing wrong with a woman being the one to take care of a man.”
Char BeardPublished 4 years ago in HumansBook Review: Catherine Gray's 'The Unexpected Joy of Being Single'
Over half of 25-44 year olds are now single, thus making it the norm. However, single-shame is highly prevalent, with many worrying that they are the 'last ones left on the shelf' or 'all the good ones are gone." The Unexpected Joy of Being Single is a refreshing book that explores this single stigma. While doing so, Catherine Gray redefines a person who is single as someone who is complete on their own, and not lacking in any way. Her book helps to make a long overdue cultural shift in the way single people are perceived (and most importantly: how they perceive themselves). She is here to help us locate and luxuriate in some single joy.
Simran Lavanya SarafPublished 4 years ago in HumansSingle State of Mind
I think when I look back at my life, I have always been single. During my teen years, I befriended guys so I could figure them out so that I wouldn't be "played." I was obsessed with outsmarting boys; a relationship wouldn't have worked. Considering the traumatic events that occurred in my childhood, I could never let another person in. I chose solitude because it was safer. I didn't have to explain my scars to anyone else. Hell, I didn't even acknowledge those very scars to myself.
Ayanda MandlaziPublished 4 years ago in Humans14 Reasons Why You Should Stay Single
Stay single until you learn to be complete on your own. Until you realize and accept the fact that no amount of time having a significant other will "fill" you. Be complete enough, as one individual, to light a whole night sky. And then love someone who, when the two of you are combined, make up the Northern Lights.
Raquel Z. DuartePublished 4 years ago in HumansCrushing
For the first time in a long, long while I have a crush, a legitimate, racing pulse, walking-on-air crush. After my last epic fail at dating blew up in my face two years ago—once again, a sensitive straight guy (yes, I have a type,) I have been trying to spend that time and energy on something more productive like learning to love myself, trying (in vain) to organize my room, and focus 100 percent on my job so that I can actually have money for once. Of those three things I've succeeded in saving up some money. I've managed to get my first adult car—totally on my own—and have published my first original novel. I'm currently 200 pages into my second!
Killian NicholsPublished 4 years ago in HumansThose Who Love Love, and Love Freedom
There’s a problem that some of us have to go through in our lifetime, and that’s the fact of having to live with this simply complex contradiction: simultaneously loving freedom, and loving love.
Keane Neal-RiquierPublished 4 years ago in HumansHello! My Name Is Paula and I Am a Love Avoidant
Not only am I a love avoidant called Paula, but I'm also am a badass female to boot. Oh wow! No wonder she is single, some might say, and I agree. But first, let me explain myself a bit...
Gillian FosterPublished 4 years ago in HumansWhy You Are Still Single (Part 2)
As I wrote in my best selling book, Hello Love, Where's Cupid? 2nd Ed and I wrote in the previous post, there are many reasons why you could still be single. Most likely you are sabotaging your chances at finding someone, based on your own behavior. Sometimes it's as easy as to NOT do the following when out on a date and when out looking for love. Here are 5 more reasons as to why you are still single:
Stephanie DolcePublished 4 years ago in HumansSingle
Eight years of being single. When I tell people I've been single for eight years, they end up surprised. Then they ask me why. I use the same excuse over and over again. I'm a workaholic. If I'm not at work, I'm at home writing, taking in a movie, trying to relax in my room, or just turning off everything trying to mediate. It's not that I don't want to put myself out there or anything. It's the time that I don't have. But yet everyone I know tells me to put myself out there.
Michelle HillPublished 4 years ago in HumansEmbrace Being Single
Relationships are hard to get through, and to make sure you're giving what is needed for it to thrive. Sometimes it works, and other times it doesn’t. I’ve talked in other pieces of mine about how to make it work, what is needed of each other, and packing up your lessons and moving on if it isn’t working.
Scarlett PricePublished 4 years ago in Humans