I am happier as a single mother than I ever was as a married one. Despite the fact that 47% of Americans think single mothers are bad for society, becoming one made my life and my children’s lives ...

OLD MAID. SPINSTER. CHILDLESS CAT LADY. For literally centuries now, everyone from gossipmongers to vice presidential candidates has slung dismissive sobriquets to describe the single woman experience ...

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Women would rather accept the “singles tax” than couple up. The “singles tax” — the higher costs that singles pay financially supporting themselves — recently rose to over $7,000, according to Zillow, ...

It has long been understood that being single is more expensive, but that narrative is shifting. It’s not that it’s getting any cheaper to live on one income, but there’s a generational shift in ...

Single adults are plagued by stereotypes. As a lifelong single, I’ve experienced most of them: I have too much free time. I have too much discretionary income. I am emotionally broken. I am ...

Say goodbye to sullen spinster stereotypes: single women are having all the fun, according to new research – or at least, more than single men. Researchers looked at data from 10 studies carried out ...