People who embrace their single lives use their freedom to pursue interesting and unique experiences, and to value many kinds of people, not just romantic partners.
Single life is often characterized as a lesser life as if it is something we poor single people have to “come to terms with,” as if it were a deadly disease. As if no one wouldSingle at Heart: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Lifelife, full of interesting and unique experiences. For people such as the single at heart who embrace their single lives, a single life is a door that opens to a world of possibilities.
Because of laws, policies, and practices that favor married people, single people have more obstacles in their path to financial security. But they have financial freedom; they get to decide how much to save or to spend, and how to spend their money. Of course, people who are married or romantically coupled often have some freedom too. But on average, they don’t get as much out of their freedom as single people do,The regressive belief that single life is a lesser life is evident in the language used to refer to single people. Words and phrases such as “alone,” “unattached,” and “doesn’t have anyone” are used as if they are synonyms for single. As if they are the definition of single. Often, just the opposite is true.
Same for love. To the single at heart, love includes so much more than just romantic love. For example, a 47-year-old single-at-heart schoolteacher told me, “I love my students, my pets, and pursuing my creative endeavors. My family, pets, and friends love me. My students love me.”
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