A few years ago, a friend told me she was worried that she'd never find a partner. She had been single for a long time and didn't see much chance that this would change. "You'll find someone," I said. "I just know it." She shot me a deadly look.
NEW YORK (AP) - Think Freakonomics and Moneyball if you run across "Date-Onomics," a by-the-numbers book on dating that argues advice-givers serving up tips for women on how to a find a man have it all wrong.
With 51% of Britain’s population registered as unmarried, half of adult Americans currently unattached, and over half of the households in Paris, the city of love, made up by only-ones, having no significant other seems to be today’s latest trend. Yet the world isn’t quite the singles’ oyster; when it comes to being single, society is still lagging behind, suggests a new study.
Ungewollt alleinstehend? Und ungewollt kinderlos? Das gibt es immer häufiger. Und ist manchmal schwer zu ertragen. Kinderlose Single-Frauen fühlen sich oft sozial isoliert. Was hilft.
I had a few chances, but the men were never right, and now I'm 42, alone and childless
One researcher's quest to surface and end discrimination against single people.
Having been single for six years, Grace Gelder decided to quit hunting for a prospective husband and ‘marry herself’. Presumably tired of seeing other people’s lives marked by extravagant engagements, weddings, christenings and the like, she held a country wedding for 50 guests and pledged to love and honour herself. She then kissed her own reflection.
A professional matchmaker shares the cold hard facts about race and dating.
Friendship is a one-size-fits-all way to improve your happiness level in virtually every aspect of life, from physical health to personal enjoyment to sex.
Kate Bolick talks about her new book, Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own, writing and the nuclear family, and whether women are finally people yet.
In a new model of living, residents will have their own “microunits” built around a shared living space for cooking, eating, and hanging out.
Employers need to show they value all employees, not just those who are parents.
[Bella’s intro: Marina Keegan’s collection of brilliant essays and stories is called “The Opposite of Loneliness.” But what is the opposite of loneliness? I had some unconventional ideas about that, and wanted to know what the...
Julie Klam talks about dogs, depression, and writing with Julie Barton, whose moving new memoir ‘Dog Medicine’ is a tribute to the golden retriever who rescued her from her darkest hours.
Making a life in the land of 'now what?'
This post has been updated to include the Weekend Sunrise segment from Saturday November 23. I'm sitting on a plane from LA to Sydney writing this. The
An expert shares widely-ignored evidence of why singles fare so well.
It didn’t surprise me when the presenter talked of the loss she felt when Mel Giedroyc got married. We don’t talk enough about this side of friendship
The American holiday Thanksgiving is approaching, and with it, millions of families (and urban tribes like mine, pictured above) will gather to gobble down turkey and sweet potatoes with marshmallows baked on top. Many of them will also go around…Read more ›
Loneliness takes a toll on many aspects of health, in part because it activates a fight -or-flight immune response. That may have helped ancestors survive lonely exile, but can slowly kill us today.
The number of people living alone has skyrocketed. What is driving the phenomenon, asks Eric Klinenberg. And solo dwellers Colm Tóibín, Alex Zane, Carmen Calli and others reflect on life as a singleton
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