Living The Single Life: Living A Single Life

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LIVING THE SINGLE LIFE
Are you single or married? This could change the way you see things, many people would agree that been single is the best thing that ever happen to them, but is it? Been single could be defined as been free or solitary, most people would prefer the first definition “Free” because nobody would like to describe themselves as a loner or unable to commit into a serious relationship. People may remain single for a variety of reasons, including financial, emotional or health issues, time restrictions, education, personal preferences, unconventional age or social worries. Also no one wants to be divorce eighth times like Larry King. While those who get married or are in a committed relationship fight to stay together despite
Unconventional and casual relationships nowadays regularly seen, most commonly in untraditional societies. Singles now can be described as outgoing, friendly, adventurous, and a nonattached person, this may be because as different as a person in a relation who must ask their partner for permission or agreement to do something, a single person does whatever they want at any time or place. For instance, they are considered fun to be around and eligible to do a variety of things that a person in a relationship may not bet able to do. I personally consider that to be clever be happy in a relationship you should be happy by yourself first, like that each other would respect their space and not be so attached to each other, because this may lead to problems and arguments in a relationship. Many singles argue that they don’t need someone else to be happy or
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“Millennial Marriage Rates.” Time, Time, time.com/3422624/report-millennials-marriage/.

Wong, Brittany. “17 Reasons Men and Women Choose to Stay Single.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 13 Jan. 2015, www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/13/reasons-to-be-single_n_6464952.html.

Bella DePaulo Project Scientist, University of California, Santa Barbara. “More people than ever before are single – and that's a good thing.” The Conversation, 7 Sept. 2017,

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