Society pushes on single people that they are only valuable to society if they are dating or married. There is nothing inherently wrong with this since human connection is important, but there are different degrees and different types of human love. On a deeper level, though, society neglects and underplays the importance of friendship in…
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December 2015 is nearing an end as January 2016 becomes nearer every day. The different holiday parties are winding down for the busy holiday season, but New Year’s is the final big celebration for 2015 to bring in 2016. It can be difficult to host parties as a single person. If you have never hosted…
Don’t have a boyfriend or girlfriend? So what! Celebrate your singlehood or singleness. Be a secure single!
The holidays are a crazy time of the year. Holidays are considered a time when people should visit and get together with their family and loved ones. It is a time of year where, depending on how serious your relationship with your boyfriend or girlfriend, you may visit your significant other’s family over Thanksgiving, Christmas,…
There are various types of singlehood, but being single is the most profound state. Merriam-Webster defines singleness as the “quality or state of being single.” Additionally, Merriam-Webster defines single as a “separate individual or thing” and “an unmarried person.” Singleness is the status of an individual who decides to remain permanently single. This state entails…
Bella DePaulo is a professor at the University of Santa Barbara in California. She is happily single and lives in Summerland, California. DePaulo is the main person, if not only person, who is at the forefront of singles studies. In her book Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily…
Single people in the state of singlehood may be seeking to enter a relationship or they are undecided about their permanent identity.