In defense of singledom: going solo doesn’t mean loneliness!
Posted June 20, 2012 8:48 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It can be hard out there if you’re single, but there is hope. A new book is arguing in favour of the un-coupled.
In the eyes of society, somehow if you’re single, you’re just not complete. Maclean’s Senior Writer Brian Bethune says that kind of thinking has been around for generations.
“It goes way back to when marriage was too important for the people getting married to actually make the choices where it was a family matter; it was an economic relationship, and it was part of becoming a serious person,” he explains.
In this week’s issue, Bethune speaks with Michael Cobb, the author of “Single: Arguments for the Uncoupled.”
“What I find interesting about it is just the assumption about a single [being] half of a couple-in-waiting. Being alone does not mean being lonely and sometimes we all have magnificent experiences when we’re by ourselves and we can have dreadful ones in the middle of a crowd,” explains Bethune.
Cobb argues couples actually “shrink the world,” as he feels they have fewer friends, and fewer opportunities to explore themselves.
