A new line of research is pushing back on the lazy stereotype that people who stay single for years must be broken, picky, or afraid of commitment. Instead, it suggests that staying solo can be tied ...

From the time she was 5 or 6 years old, Carly questioned the logic behind marriage. Why would she tie herself to someone who hasn’t known her for her whole life? Surely she knew herself better than ...

Staying single despite yearning for a relationship is more common than most people think. While some embrace independence, others find themselves alone not by choice but by circumstance. For many, the ...

Here’s one way to get the world’s attention: Live to become Europe’s oldest person and attribute your longevity to staying single. Well, staying single and eating raw eggs. The fact that single people ...

When I first started researching and writing about single people decades ago, I used to talk about the growing numbers of people who were single. Now I’m focused on something even more dramatic, which ...

Media increasingly portray being single as an expression of people’s lifestyle, self-determination and empowerment, with expressions such as self-partnership, solo living, sologamy and singlehood ...

Is there a personality profile of single people? Do single people have certain personality traits or characteristics that distinguish them from people who are coupled or married? We like to think of ...

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