Our culture places enormous value on being coupled up, and regards singledom as an undesirable. It’s hard not to internalise this, no matter how happy you may be.
I caught up with my gorgeous, long-term single friend the day after she’d attended a party.
When you would quite like to find love, being single can feel like a failure. It doesn’t mean that you’re not happy in your life, and it doesn’t mean that you’re not happy in yourself. But when you want something and you can’t get it – a good job, a smaller body, a higher income, or a nice boyfriend – the failure to achieve it can feel like a failure of self.
It’s useful to understand the stigma, but it doesn’t always help when those dark moments descend, and it seems as though everyone is winning the game of love but you.Firstly, you can remind yourself that, in fact, not everyone is happily paired up. Forget the Instagram pics. Forget the happy snaps on Facebook. Relationships are hard, and marriage is harder, and very few people are living perfect lives.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Farming for 'likes': A look at the click businesses manufacturing social media engagementClick farms spread out across the world are selling fake profiles, likes, shares, and views to social media influencers and even politicians.
Read more »
Police in bid to keep Bourke Street failures secretA crucial report on the actions of an elite police unit on the day of the deadly Bourke Street rampage in 2017 may never be made public during a coronial inquest.
Read more »
Disaster for Ricciardo as second race in row ends in failureDaniel Ricciardo's shocking start to life at Renault continues at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with the Australian once again failing to finish as Lewis Hamilton claims a fortuitous victory
Read more »
May's doggedness becomes her undoing as Brexit failure demands changeNot even the promise of her own demise could break the political paralysis over Brexit, and now British PM Theresa May's failure gives rise to calls for a general election.
Read more »
Why does society judge single-child families like mine so harshly?Our daughter will likely remain an only child, but I’m hoping not alone. Not believing that family begins and ends with people you’re biologically related to, we’ve made our own family of friends
Read more »
'It was theatre': Christmas Island detention centre could close without housing a single refugeeThe Christmas Island detention centre would close by July if Morrison's government is re-elected, just months after Scott Morrison warned it was necessary to deal with a flood of sick refugees.
Read more »
Even Vegemite feels the bite as economic growth stallsVegetables, vitamins and Vegemite are taking a hit as consumers rein in spending amid weakening economic growth. The sharemarket is feeling the pinch, too.
Read more »
'I always felt like an outsider': The many forms of autismA West Australian artist urges others to realise autism comes in many forms.
Read more »
Ferrari F1 test 'felt like home', Mick Schumacher saysMore than 12 years after Formula One great Michael Schumacher drove his last race for Ferrari, his son shows he might be ready to carry on the family legacy.
Read more »