She’s the friend who calls every guy she dates for more than a month “the one.”

I totally would, but I guess he’s with J-Lo for now.

Drake cracks me up, he’s so calculating.

J.Lo is that friend who, after a break-up, says “I need to stop being a serial monogamist and date ME for a change!” and then moves in with a new guy a month later.

Everything he says is true. But it’s still not an ok thing to say you wish for “white genocide.” He trolled, and he got exactly the reaction he wanted.

I get the “lower your standards” one ALL the fucking time from my female friends! It makes me so mad! What the heck, so wanting a man who respects me as a human being and is willing to have a truly equal partnership is having “too high standards”? Well then, I most DEFINITELY prefer to be alone forever vs. being with…

I think you should refrain from offering unsolicited relationship advice to the author of an article explicitly describing how tired she is of receiving unsolicited relationship advice.

This is an incredible piece. It perfectly captures the feelings of singlehood without falling too hard in either direction. Being single is not great, and its not terrible. It just is. And its so hard to live in a society that is built around coupledom when you’re very single.

Oh yeah, the advice. I get that it comes from (or can come from) a loving place, but I’m with Barbara Ehrenreich on this—in Bright Sided, she argues that we live in a culture that firmly believes that we can overcome anything, even cancer in the case of this book, with the right attitude. And it’s to our detriment,…

A friend of mine who shares my chronically single status once said that whenever she starts feeling bad about being alone, she spends more time hanging out with her heterosexual female friends who are married or living with their significant others. Their stories about being the primary…

Thanks for this. I’m 39 and it has been over 5 years since I last shagged anyone, which fortuitously resulted in me having a son. But my last serious relationship was about 15 years ago. Everyone says it’ll happen when I least expect it but I’ve not had expectations for years. At this point, at my age, I’d rather have…

It’s not the same thing in that it actually is a definite problem, but your piece reminds me of the way people react when I say that I’m sick* and I won’t be getting better for the foreseeable future – maybe never. Giving up on living a normal life was the greatest relief I’ve ever experienced, and as my family and I…

Earlier this year I made a second Facebook account, and set it so I was in a relationship with myself.

The most underrated fictional trope is the free spirited auntie of a certain age, who floats into down with wild gifts and wild stories of her adventures around the world.

I’m totally there with you. I’ll be 59 next month. I tried OKC, and one person ghosted on me when I said I ONLY rented, don’t own. It almost seems guys want to know your credit score before making any kind of move.

I can totally relate to this and appreciate you for writing it. It’s hard to feel comfortable in the alone-ness when it makes everyone else so uncomfortable. I go to others’ celebrations and without fail, at least one person has to say, unsolicited, “don’t worry, you’ll have this one day too.” What if I don’t? What if…

Thank you, Aimée, for this piece. It’s a wonderful expression of how we are meant to feel like our lives are still and empty because we aren’t in a relationship or aren’t pursuing one.

I’m 40. My last serious relationship was in college. People keep telling me I’ll find someone, but these are all people who have found someone. They keep telling me to try online dating, but that has been nothing but a disaster. I don’t need to find anyone, I’m mostly happy alone, but yeah. When my married friends…

Thank you so, so much for this. At the age of 35, it has been over 3 years since I have been in a relationship and I feel as though I am done with dating. I’ve realized that I don’t mind being single and I would rather spend my time on things that make me happy rather than spending countless hours searchingly through…