Living Alone

What Do You Know? It's National Singles Week

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

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Bella DePaulo

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 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, Living Alone, Raul Castro, Leaving Home, Subsidies, Independence, Fidel Castro, Soviet Union, World News
Yoani Sanchez

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 04.20.2009 | Living

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Lea Lane

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 04.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Recession Fears, Living Alone, Depression, Divorce, Solo, Stress, Repression, Economic Crisis, Recession, Style News
Lea Lane

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 09.21.2008 | Living

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Bella DePaulo

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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