The Single Complexity: Coping or Thriving?
For those who have spent the last few years confused and alone
Aside from a short-stinted 2-month relationship, I’ve been single for the past 4 years. It’s been a mixed couple of years. There were times I was single by choice, times where I desperately wished to be in a relationship and recently, a mixture of the two: content with being single but open to a relationship. Conveniently, spending a lot of time with yourself means you learn a lot about yourself too.
Being single, as you enter your late 20's/ early 30's, still makes society question you.
Am I doing something wrong? Why me?
But these assumptions only bother you if you allow them to. Right now, I’m convinced there’s no ‘best’ option between being single or in a relationship, it boils down to compatibility with another person versus how comfortable you are in your own skin.
Still. spending most of my last 4 years single allowed me to make some astute observations about how single people perceive relationships and vice versa.
You can be content with being single but open to a relationship
There are two main assumptions about single people. They’re either unhappy and want someone…
