Word of the Day: Single

When did "single" become a bad word?

My friend Kim, who works for the census bureau, sent this document with all kinds of interesting facts about single people in celebration of:

Unmarried and Single Americans Week

Some interesting facts:
87
Number of unmarried men age 15 and over for every 100 unmarried women in the United States.

100 million
Number of unmarried and single Americans. This group comprises 44 percent of all U.S. residents age 15 and over.

33%
Percentage of births in 2002 to unmarried women.

I personally feel that being single is great. Are we so bored with ourselves that we need someone around all the time to occupy us, or are we really not complete without someone else to make us feel whole? I don't subscribe to that line of thought. Single people are, in my opinion, happier with their lives than the average married person. Don't we have enough of our own crap to deal with without adding someone else's baggage? In a world that caters to couples, is it not that much more gratifying to accomplish something on your own that some couples can't even manage? Example: buying a house. Singles have to pay the same amount for a house that most people think is barely affordable on a double income. Singles pay more taxes. Singles have to suffer being asked "when are you getting married?" by all those married people who think being single is eqivalent to the plague. You know, it's really not all that bad. In fact, I prefer it.

52 reasons why it's great to be single