The Intrigue of People Who Like Being Alone
In my 13 years of blogging about single life, no topic has been more popular than this one
I’ve been writing the “Living Single” blog at Psychology Today since March of 2008, nearly 13 years. I’ve posted there more than 950 times. One of those posts was the all-time-favorite, by far: The badass personalities of people who like being alone.
Rather than listing the top 26 posts in order, I’ve grouped them into 6 thematic categories. The number in front of each title is the rank-ordering.
Why so many people are drawn to solitude and to single life, including even some people who are partnered
1 The badass personalities of people who like being alone
2 The truth about why some men stay single
7 23 ways single people are better: The scientific evidence
9 Why 5 types of people may withdraw from social life
10 The profound rewards of staying single
15 Why so many partners want to be both together and single
17 Why you want to be alone and why that matters
22 Half of solo singles don’t want a relationship or even a date
24 Are single people mentally stronger?
25 The core qualities of those who enjoy being single
Conventional wisdom and scare stories
3 Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?
14 18 long-term studies show that people who marry do not become lastingly happier
21 The ultimate threat to single people: You’ll die alone
Kids: Single people who have kids and single and coupled people who don’t
4 The children of single mothers: How do they really fare?
11 The truth about women who never have kids
19 21 facts about people who never have children
What’s best for you?
5 7 questions to help you decide if you’d be happier single
6 Marriage vs single life: Who has it better?
How we live now, and what has changed
8 What is the divorce rate, really?
18 7 stunning ways life was different in the 1960s
20 Why are so many young adults living with their parents?
Not everyone is preoccupied with sex and romantic relationships
16 Asexuals: Who are they and why are they important?
23 7 reasons why young people are having less sex
[Want to learn more? Take a look at this collection of articles on all sorts of topics relevant to single life. Watch my TEDX talk, “What no one ever told you about people who are single.” Check out my website.]
