do you envy singles and "the single life"? (dating, Christian)
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Being single is way better than being with 99% of the other people out there. Ok, fine, 99.99%. I preferred being single by far to the idea of being with most girls. I love my girlfriend and she is awesome, but it took forever to find her and a lot of worthless losers in between. I don't envy single people, but there's nothing wrong with being single, either. Better to have high standards and remain single until you find a great one.
Do you agree with this article? Do you feel after a bit being single becomes a drag?
There are tough trade offs either way. Nobody has it all.
In general, married people have an edge as far as being happier and healthier go...but it's certainly not a guarantee...and it only benefits you if you get married & stay married. Wile both men & women benefit from marriage, men benefit more than women. Ironically, it's usually men who resist marriage, which just proves that humans are not good at predicting what will make them happy.
it's the usual Christian "be thankful what you have vs what you do not" message.
Actually, it isn't just Christians who advocate gratitude. Psychologists who study happiness advocate the same thing for those who want to be happier. See Sonja Lyubomirsky's The How of Happiness.
I was single until I was 39. I enjoyed being single; now I am glad to be married. My only thought is it's good to be single and unattached as an adult before you get married. Live alone, learn to be comfortable with yourself as your only company. You only get one chance to be single; even if you wind up single after having been married, it's different then.
I'm recently single after a 9 yr relationship....I'm enjoying being single very much.
But I didn't really envy single guys until about year 7 or 8 when it started to become obvious that things were going to come to an end. If things had remained good in our relationship I would've kept being happy.
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