When someone asks you your relationship status, do you answer "single" but then add a kicker like "for now" or "but I'm ...

In 2019, actress Emma Watson brought attention to singledom — not simply by saying that she is happily single but by naming herself as “self-partnered.” It not only acknowledges the fact that being ...

At different times and different places, single people—especially women—have been tagged with all sorts of disparaging labels. That continues even now. The term spinster, which some are trying to ...

Happy single people are just like happy coupled people. Yep, you read that right! Why? Because we know one of the greatest — and simplest — secrets in life. Every day, we get to hang out with the most ...

1."I have always enjoyed my own company but regretted when I got into a relationship with a narcissistic guy. I have always been laid back in relationships and choose battles to raise. But this one ...

In “Affective intensities of single life,” published in the journal Sociology, the Finnish scholars Marjo Kolehmainen, Annukka Lahti, and Anu Kinnunen argue that singlism shapes our emotional lives, ...

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Ever since reviewing Ruth Whippman’s book, America the Anxious, I’m attuned to the concept of happiness, and to its centrality in American life. I thought of it most recently when reading Heather ...

A married male friend recently approached me for dating advice. He and his wife, partnered for 15 years, had decided to open up their marriage and start seeing other people. “I’ve been in ...

When Emma Watson spoke to Vogue in November 2019 about the societal pressures leading up to her 30th birthday, she coined the now-viral term "self-partnered." "I never believed the whole 'I'm happy ...