8 Ways Single People Are LESS Selfish — But It Shouldn’t Matter
Single people are more generous with their time, money, and caring, but they shouldn’t have to prove anything
I’m tired of single people getting labeled as selfish, and I’m even more exasperated when single people do that to themselves — or when they do it in a way that is meant to be derogatory. In the second of this 2-part article, I’ll share some ideas about what it can mean to be selfish (my own, and better still, the ideas of some other people wiser than me) and why single people need to stop acting like they have something to apologize for.
For this first part, here is some of the evidence indicating that single people are more generous with their time, money, and caring — even though they are under no obligation to be.
Single People Are More Generous with Their TIME
Single people give their time to important causes and organizations, as the following studies show.
#1 The Bureau of Labor Statistics keeps tabs on volunteering for eight different kinds of organizations and two miscellaneous categories. They compare single people, married people, and previously married people. When I scrutinized their findings in 2016, I learned…
