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50 Of The Most Spot-On Memes That Sum Up What It’s Like To Be Single
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Something we all have in common is that we've all been single at one or many points in our lives. And yes, views are evolving, but being single is still stigmatized. Just think about it, how many times have you heard "When are you going to settle down and get married?" or "When are you going to make me a grandmother?" However, if someone ends up single, it might not be the end of the world for them. Shocking, I know.
Singlehood has its ups and downs. For example, there's the sweet, sweet freedom, but you also have to suffer through the perils of online dating. It's not perfect. But then again, is anything? In an attempt to stop their relationship-flaunting friends from asking "How are you?" in a condescending tone, single people have been describing their everyday life in memes. Maybe if they make enough of these, their relatives will also get the message?
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Bella DePaulo, Ph.D., is a project scientist and social psychologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. While speaking to the American Psychological Association, she pointed out an interesting fact: with all of the celebration of marriage and coupling and weddings, you'd think that married people would be happier. But if you were to follow the same people over the course of their lives and ask them over and over again, "Are you happy? Are you happy? Are you happy? How happy are you?", you'd see that when people get married, they end up no happier than they were when they were single.
So if someone is a really happy single person, they'll probably be a happily married person and if they were not so happy as a single person, they probably will not be so happy as a married person.
"Sometimes, people get a little bump in happiness [at the time when they tie the knot], but then they go back to being as happy or as unhappy as they were when they were single," DePaulo said.
"And here's something else about that newlywed effect – that little increase in happiness around the wedding – it only happens for the married people who get married and stay married. If you're one of those married couples who's going to end up divorced, as your wedding is approaching you're already getting a tiny bit less happy."
So there you have it: happiness starts from within. And getting a partner isn't going to change that. Consciously or not, people are probably realizing that. The number of single-person households in the United States has been growing steadily since 1960.
DePaulo has been studying people who she calls "single at heart." They're the ones who live their best, most authentic, most meaningful lives by staying single. "When you ask [these people] ... what they think when they know they're going to have some time alone coming up, overwhelmingly, more than 95 percent say they look forward to it, they really savor their solitude. And they don't worry – or they very rarely worry that if they have time to themselves, they're going to feel lonely."
According to her, loneliness is a really important thing to study. We need to be more aware of what people can get out of solitude rather than just worrying about people who are going to be lonely.
Of course I solved it before scrolling on, what kind of psychopath do you think I am?
That's the first condition. Then you can go further with your love life.
My mom recently told me that if I started dating a man, she would be happy that I found someone to share my life with and I was like "That's cool, but I'm happy being single and please stop talking."
It's a good idea to have added the "Me/Me" caption, as the concept of mirror is something few people know or understand.
I want this shirt! And this cacatoes! And this mans fabulous vibe!
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I don't think I've laughed so hard at a bp post for a while๐
True.
They are great even for people in relations. We need to delete the idea that being single, unmarried or child free is bad. I am now in a relation but I have been most of my life single and I loved it. If I would break up I would definitely remain single.
Yes, we do!! ๐
I had a kid at school ask me if I was married. "Nope." "My gawd!? How do you buy food and stuff? Who writes the check for you?" I told him I did. "No no no. You have to have a husband for that." So I asked him where can I get one of these husband guys. His reply, "WalMart." There was a kid who asked me about my dad while we were writing a paper on his. I told him my dad had died. His eyes kind of teared up as he asked, "who takes care of you and keeps you safe?" I told him I take care of me because my dad taught me like his dad is teaching him" "I'm not impressed" he said. Then added his grandfather was dead. I waitied a minute, said "I'm not impressed", and we colored the rest of the afternoon.
Single does not equal lonely.
I think I've been single so long...well always actually, that I don't even know if I can be in a relationship. I've gotten so used to doing everything on my own and just having my alone time. Being an introvert with anxiety doesn't help the situation either.
Bored single pandas like these posts! We need more๐ ๐
I don't think I've laughed so hard at a bp post for a while๐
True.
They are great even for people in relations. We need to delete the idea that being single, unmarried or child free is bad. I am now in a relation but I have been most of my life single and I loved it. If I would break up I would definitely remain single.