My Hate Mail: The Dark Side of Standing Up for Single People

Why are people so threatened by happy single people?

Bella DePaulo
Fourth Wave
Published in
8 min readFeb 25

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I am an unapologetic advocate for single people — all of them, but especially those who love being single and want to stay single, the Single at Heart. I’ve always known that my position might generate resistance.

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Bella DePaulo
Fourth Wave

“America’s foremost thinker and writer on the single experience,” according to the Atlantic. Author of “Singled Out.” Harvard PhD www.belladepaulo.com