Yes, we really do want lifelong Singlehood.
Timing, which refers to defining when Singlehood actually begins.
Perhaps more important, other people regard our Singlehood as definitional.
However, Singlehood is just a part of one's identity-
not the whole.
I will, by choosing to live a free single life, be helping to raise the status of Singlehood.
Singlehood is“not a state people aspire to-
not, at least, in the same way they desire to be stylish or wealthy.”.
Jackson and others contend that prolonged Singlehood as an adult, when one wishes to be married,
is a form of ambiguous loss.
And for people like me,
who have spent most of their lives in what a I called a state of chronic Singlehood.
As a lifelong single person,
and an author and social scientist with expertise in Singlehood, I was hoping for a different prediction.
She's able to have her“stash” available when she wants it,
but also able to give off a sense of Singlehood to potential partners.
It is that of the charming guy who went public to tell his fans of his Singlehood and need for a partner.
That means that it is marriage that is transitional-
separating one state of Singlehood from the next- and only for those who do marry.
One intuitive answer may be that the relationship becomes the person's"normal," something that they
are used to and may be afraid to trade for the unknown of Singlehood.
It is important to highlight the fact that Singlehood was a conscious choice for many older people in their youth,
and continues to be their unequivocal preference in later life.”.
And then there are the men who yearn to be fathers but, because of personal or partner infertility,
lack of a female partner or Singlehood, cannot easily attain that coveted role.
When a personal narrative about Singlehood is formed and shared with important people in one's life(e.g.,
a therapist, family, friends, and/or other adults who are single), it creates meaning about and fosters healing from the ambiguous loss.