The only single among couples

Are you still the only single among your friends and acquaintances? Has suddenly all around you become "we" from "I"? Only when it comes to you, it does not mean "your" but "you"? How to proceed when your friends all live in happy relationships, and only you are not dating anyone? We will show you what this means for you and your friends and how you can avoid potential problems.

Public opinion is very ambivalent about singles: on one hand there is the idea of freedom, independence, and professional success of the loner, on the other side the image of the pathetic loner unable to commit.

This is, according to sociologists, mainly because some people wish back the freedom from their single life, but also remember how quickly the design of the relationship can be terminated involuntarily, and others who have their ideas, expectations and ideals of singles in their environment.

Such attitudes are not immune to you, as you are the only single among friends. They continue to invite you to dating events, it may well happen while trying to marry you off. Do not take your friends as evil, invite them out instead and show them that you can deal with the situation.

For the trouble questions about your own dating life, there is unfortunately no easy answer. Whether your answer is self-assured, pathetic or soggy, you should talk to the person in question about your current desire on the subject. You should be aware that responses like: "I feel very well as a single!" can be for some couples a red cloth, because it unconsciously puts in question their concept of partnership.

It obviously plays a significant role, whether you are not in the love sphere or only out of " forced " conviction. Get clear, however, that in our society today is far more common, to be temporarily solo, as it did a few decades. Therefore, you should also love and not judge the couples in your circle of friends because love can get to you more faster than you might think.

Monday, 12 September 2011 18:13