Living Alone

Surprise! Single Women Aren't All Career-Obsessed Workaholics

Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 05.23.2012

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Some single people also just want to chill out and have healthy work life balance. You know, be human.

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Why More Boomers Are Living Alone

Anthonia Akitunde | Posted 05.23.2012

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When mom or dad has a harder time getting around their homes, one begins to make plans: “Should she move in with us? Maybe we should look into nursi...

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How To Live Alone, Even If You Don't Like To

Posted 04.24.2012

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By Pamela Redmond Satran When I was a kid, the only woman I knew who lived alone was my aunt Margie. Although Margie was nice enough in a peppermin...

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Feeling Lonely? You're Not Alone

Alexis Sclamberg | Posted 04.23.2012

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Solitude can be nourishing and nurturing. It offers space for reflection -- the chance to hear your own voice against a world of chatter.

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Turning 'Lonely' Into 'Happily Solo'

Daylle Deanna Schwartz | Posted 04.20.2012

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About nine months into my solo living it hit me -- I was enjoying my life a lot more than I did before.

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Experiment: "If Anyone Wants to Talk About Anything, Call Me" (or Text If You Prefer)

Craig Kanalley | Posted 04.11.2012

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How do we combat feelings of loneliness? Some turn to technology, which is ever-connecting us. But sometimes that's not enough. And sometimes, technology can make us feel even more lonely. We may be connected online, but offline may be different.

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Why Are So Many Women Living Alone

The New Yorker | Posted 04.09.2012

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As reliably as autumn brings Orion to the night sky, spring each year sends a curious constellation to the multiplex: a minor cluster of romantic come...

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Why I Love Being Single

Lauren Jacobs | Posted 04.04.2012

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For some reason -- perhaps the impending marriages of three of my close friends -- I feel the desire, and even the need, to say this: I am truly happy as a single person.

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Escape Fantasies: Thoughts On Living Alone

Kevin Hartnett | Posted 05.19.2012

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It's this last little block of alone time that I enjoy the most: the day done, and a few quiet minutes to myself before lights out.

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Needing Space

Jena Kingsley | Posted 05.08.2012

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One day my (then) boyfriend asked if he could have a little piece of his own real estate in my apartment. "Maybe a drawer?" I think my heart stopped for a second. Not in a good way.

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WATCH: The Joys And Health Benefits Of Living Alone

Posted 03.09.2012

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A growing number of people live alone. In fact, single living is one of the most common types of "families" -- along with childless couples -- Ann Cur...

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Why I Love Living Alone

Laura Schocker | Posted 05.07.2012

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Living alone gets a bad rap in our society. But before you let the stats keep you up in bed (alone) at night, consider this: With the right lifestyle and support network, there are actually some great health benefits to living alone.

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My Secret Single Behavior

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 04.29.2012

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The fact that women are more social yet still choose to live alone indicates a need among women for a place to be alone (Note: Virginia Woolf made this argument in 1929 -- highly recommended.)

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8 Reasons You Should Live Alone

Eric Klinenberg | Posted 04.04.2012

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Today, a surprisingly high number of people are choosing to go solo because it facilitates the pursuit of good things that are otherwise hard to come by: Control of one's own time and space. Freedom to do what one wants, when one wants to do it. Privacy. Anonymity. Autonomy.

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Are Women Better At Living Alone?

| Posted 02.01.2012

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By Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow (Click here for original article) Earlier this year, divorcee Dominique Browning published an essay in the New York Times ...

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Secretly Seeking Solitude: A Woman's Need for Time Alone

D.G. Fulford | Posted 12.02.2011

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Eighty years ago, Virginia Woolf introduced her daring concept: A woman needs time to herself. It is 2011 now, many complicated generations later. How are we fulfilling that need amidst all the clamoring others?

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The Loneliness of Living Long Enough to Be Lonely

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 10.15.2011

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I remember the moment I truly understood my mother, a woman I couldn't understand for the life of me ... I saw her loneliness that day. I saw it because, for the first time, I felt glimmers of it in my own life.

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Dating After Divorce: What if I Meet a Guy I Like?

Susan Orlins | Posted 09.07.2011

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There must be reasons people pair off into living spaces, but I can't remember what those reasons are.

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Housebound and yearning for companionship: Any other thoughts for this reader?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

QUESTION Dear Irene, I'm 63 years old, and housebound due to health and mobility problems. My family works so they can't come every day. I find myse...

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What Do You Know? It's National Singles Week

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Our perceptions of single people and their place in society have not caught up with the realities. How well do you know your single people? Take this quiz.

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34 Years

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since I left home in Cuba, I have learned to value autonomy, to distrust the subsidies and all these "gifts" that they constantly throw in the faces of citizens.

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Why I'm Alone

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

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I'm alone because life doesn't always wind up the way you expect it to, and it wound up this way for me, and I roll with it. I'm alone. I'm a solo lady. Alone, but not lonely.

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Sole Supporters Enduring this "Repression"

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who's in a mood to flirt and wonder? I mean, there's enough anxiety and uncertainty without having your heart broken on top of everything else.

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Like Your Time Alone? Then This Post is For You

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

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I live in the most ordinary American household - I live alone. Knock on any door in the nation and you are more likely to find a household like mine t...

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