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Who here has been single for a pretty long time, meaning 5+ years? By single I mean truly single and not in any relationship at all.
Have you been actively looking for all that time, are just passively looking or have you given up completely? Are you unhappy with your singleness or have you adapted to be happy with your situation?
A statistic that i've read is that 45% of the entire population of the United States is actually single but I think that does not take into account long term relationships and refers to only unmarried people. I wonder what the statistic is on people that are single in the true sense of the word.
"Unmarried" is the truest and only sense of the word.
being in a relationship is not being single in my opinion. Being single implies being unattached and free to pursue other people and NOT having the aspects of being with a partner.
being in a relationship is not being single in my opinion. Being single implies being unattached and free to pursue other people and NOT having the aspects of being with a partner.
Yes agreed I've never understood that concept especially as I'd find it incredibly disrespectful to my " partner " to openly pronounce myself as single
Who here has been single for a pretty long time, meaning 5+ years? By single I mean truly single and not in any relationship at all.
Have you been actively looking for all that time, are just passively looking or have you given up completely? Are you unhappy with your singleness or have you adapted to be happy with your situation?
A statistic that i've read is that 45% of the entire population of the United States is actually single but I think that does not take into account long term relationships and refers to only unmarried people. I wonder what the statistic is on people that are single in the true sense of the word.
i am single, and i choose to be single for a variety of reasons. does that mean if someone were to catch my eye, and would be willing to put up with me in a relationship, would i turn them down? no it doesnt. one does not have to be in a relationship to be happy, in fact as i, and others, have pointed out many times, you first have to be happy with who you are first, before you can be happy with another.
Who here has been single for a pretty long time, meaning 5+ years? By single I mean truly single and not in any relationship at all.
Have you been actively looking for all that time, are just passively looking or have you given up completely? Are you unhappy with your singleness or have you adapted to be happy with your situation?...
I've been single for 37 years. I'm quite happy with my singleness and have not had to adapt to anything. I've been asked out many times over the years but have always said no because dating can lead to either long-term relationships or hurt feelings, neither of which I want to inflict on anyone else.
Who here has been single for a pretty long time, meaning 5+ years? By single I mean truly single and not in any relationship at all.
Have you been actively looking for all that time, are just passively looking or have you given up completely? Are you unhappy with your singleness or have you adapted to be happy with your situation?
A statistic that i've read is that 45% of the entire population of the United States is actually single but I think that does not take into account long term relationships and refers to only unmarried people. I wonder what the statistic is on people that are single in the true sense of the word.
I fall very heavily into this crowd.
No boyfriend.
No casual hook ups.
Nothing.
I'm quite content. Never really looked and don't really plan to. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't. I'll be fine either way.
Yes, I've been single for more than five years. I just make out with guys every now and then but I haven't done that since last May. I've met three guys via online dating so far this year and they were all duds. I could give up dating forever because I've never gotten anything out of it that I can't live without.
Except for a period of dating last year, I was single 11 yrs. That's part of the reason it was so sad it ended. I may be near 50 next time I meet another one.
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