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Singled Out

: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After

"Singled Out debunks myths and stereotypes about single people and lays the groundwork for social, political, and economic change." -- Thomas F. Coleman, Executive Director, Unmarried AmericaDrawing from decades of scientific research

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“Missing from the stacks of journal articles is any sustained attention to the risks of intensive coupling—investing all of your emotional and relationship stock into just one person, “The One”—or to the resilience offered by the networks of friends and family that so many single people maintain.”

— Bella DePaulo, amazon.com

Tagged: Being Single, Happier Single, The Happy Single, Single Life, Research on Relationships

“We hear all about how single people are supposedly at risk for becoming lonely, but little about the creative, intellectual, and emotional potential of solitude… We are told that single people do not have the intimacy that married people find in their partners, but hear only crickets about the genui…”

— Bella DePaulo, amazon.com

Tagged: Being Single, Happier Single, The Happy Single, Single Life, Research on Relationships

“If you are not already a happy person, don’t count on marriage to transform you into one. If you are already happy, don’t expect marriage to make you even happier…finally, if you are single and happy, do not fret that you will descend into despair if you dare to stay single. That’s not likely either…”

— Bella DePaulo, amazon.com

Tagged: Being Single, Happier Single, The Happy Single, Single Life, Research on Relationships