Single, or single life, can mean different things to different people. For some it is all about finding your own place, identity, and definition of success. For others it is all about finding that special someone with whom to share life’s precious moments. Still others want to find their place in society, whether through a career or volunteer work. While no two people will ever be exactly the same, there are certain aspects of “being single” that most people agree are the most difficult. Here are seven:
Living alone can be very lonely. Most people who are single have experienced being raised by parents, sisters, or other family members. Many of these people are now working or raising children on their own, and they often remain single because they do not wish to share a household or have other responsibilities. In legal terms, a single individual is defined as being not a part of an existing civil union, or not involved in any civil unions at the present time.
South Korea is one of the most popular countries for singles: As of 2021, South Koreans had the highest rate of single men and women of any other country in the world. South Koreans remains single, often because they have found love or a good career, but they also remain single because they never married and never had children of their own. This may be because the tradition of tightly marrying young boys to older women is strong in the south, where there are few female teenagers.
There is no reference to the word: “singapore” in the phrase “singles in Singapore.” In common usage, the term describes single men (and sometimes single women) in the Pacific Rim nations of Australia, Canada, the United States, and New Zealand. Although some might think of singleness as a condition of youth, this is certainly not the case in Asia. Most Asians agree that it is not a desirable attribute and consider themselves to be old by the time they reach forty.
The word, “singular,” was first used in English in the 1820s; the closest contemporary equivalent in the phrase is “a man remaining unmarried before marriage.”
- Singles who do remain single, often pursue a lifestyle of adventure and self-discovery.
- Singapore has been known to host numerous singles events, ranging from nightclubs featuring dancing to nature tripping.
- A popular activity for single adults in Singapore is “boy-fights,” where fights are common for pubescent boys. It is, however, not common for a boy to fight a girl; the term “girl-fight” is used to describe fights between boys and girls.
- Singapore has developed into a cosmopolitan hub, and most Singaporeans who are not married are members of some kind of religious community, and thus have access to dating services.
- Dating sites and matchmaking services are widely available online and through media advertisements, newspapers, and television.
Men will sometimes date women who are also unattached; but this trend seems to be less prevalent, perhaps due to social pressures or simply because single men have more control over their dating lives than unattached women do. On average, unmarried women who are married will date at least five men during their lifetime, while an unmarried man will date one woman. Singles have the highest divorce rate of any population in the world, and those who are still single at forty have a divorce rate of almost thirty percent higher than the national average. While a person can remain single for a long time if they so choose, the majority of people in the world would rather date and marry, so it is no wonder that dating services remain so popular among the Singles of the world.