I was single for twelve years before my wife Ingrid and I fell in love. Very happily single. I am a huge fan of taking time to consider not just when to be coupled again and with whom, but whether to be coupled again. I am a huge fan of learning to be okay about being single: learning, not just to be okay with it, but to be actively happy about it. I am a huge fan of seeing our choices about romantic relationships include the choice, “None of the above.”
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Thus begins my latest piece for AlterNet, Why Being Single Can Be Great for You — And Your Future Relationships. To find out why I think being single can be an excellent and valid choice — both for its own sake, and for the health and happiness of any future relationships you might get into — read the rest of the piece. Enjoy!
Sounds like an awesome piece. Personally, I’m happily coupled. But there are definitely positive aspects to being single!
I wish I had the choice of being single.
very nice article. I was 24 and sure I was going to be single and quite happy with it for my entire life….until my partner walked through the door. And he and I have been together for 22 years now. He’s just gotten a contract job 4 hours away so we’ll have some time to “play” single, at least as much as you can without considering another person as a potential partner.