It seems like society tells us that to be single means you are failing in some way. ie: singles are portrayed as workaholics, abusers, social outcasts or misfits, unhappy, etc... In other words, they must have a problem, that is why they are single. Is being single really a sign of dysfunction in some way? If not, then why is being coupled so important in our culture?
2007-04-08 11:27:50 · 19 answers · asked by redguard572001 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I don't feel there is a problem with me, it's something I've observed with a number of people, and how singles are portrayed on TV, etc...
2007-04-08 11:33:29 · update #1
Whatever floats your boat is fine in today's society. Follow your own path and don't be too concerned about what others think.
2007-04-08 11:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by prusa1237 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. its is not bad if you are single. most people feel that being single means that you are never going to get someone. that's not how it is. if you are single it ruffly means you are waiting for the right person to come along. don't be bothered by the thoughts of society. many people have twisted and turned are society into something so unfix-able that if you look like you are out of place just a little bit you are considered a social out cast. its so not the way is should be. the things that have been tought to them by there parents play a big role in this situation as well. just believe what you want and don't let other people tell you how you should be.
2007-04-08 11:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That must be about the most nicely proper reality i have heard all week. and also you hit on a way that's fairly hectic the position some human beings might want to be in a relationship. They get out of one relationship and sense obligated to locate yet another one. and that is extremely no longer healthful. because what a number of those human beings will come to verify later is in the journey that they'd have taken the time to in problem-free words take care of their very own own themes then perhaps they'd were more suitable powerful prepared for the subsequent relationship. So being unmarried, there is not any longer some thing incorrect with that. that's time to replicate on the finest relationship, look at what went incorrect, then advance from the journey. unmarried is comfortable with me.
2016-10-18 00:03:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our culture things that people should pair up and have babies...which I suppose is a slight improvement from 20 years ago when we were all expected to get married as well (depending on your views of marriage) to a degree this stigma is worse for women than men, I find my family expects me to get married and have children because I need to be "taken care of" forget that I'm successful and able to take care of myself....I don't think there is anything wrong with being single, I think there something wrong with thinking being in a couple will make you happy, the only thing that can make you happy is you.
2007-04-08 11:32:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think any time a person is doing something out of the norm of what the majority of society is doing will be considered socially misfit. It doesn't mean that you are weird or dysfunctional, it just means that you can function all by yourself just fine. I know many people who wouldn't trade living by themselves for anything. They actually like having time to themselves and making their own rules. They can eat dinner and fall asleep when and where ever they want etc. They enjoy their freedom.
I am married with three children (I guess I am the social norm) and think it is fine to want freedom for yourself.
2007-04-08 11:42:22 · answer #5 · answered by Libby 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing at all in being single. Being single is fun, you are just leaving yourself open to the person you are really looking for the person you deserve and deserve you. So go ahead and be single as long as you want. People look at being couple as have security that is all. You can have friends to just kick it with and have as much fun as a couple can with no commitments. Enjoy life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-04-08 11:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with being single! I am failing alright....I am failing to be miserable as I was in two marriages. I am so much happier than I have ever been and maybe what is more important- I am content! If that makes me disfunctional that is too bad. I am the only one who has to live with it.
2007-04-08 11:39:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no problems at all..psychology today recently did a pretty good article on it...it was called lone stars...and they has lots of positive things to say about it...
being single has nothing to do with dysfunction...
and I'm not sure which culture you are from however it is less and less important in western cultures...
2007-04-08 11:35:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
53, married once with kids now grown up. Divorced nearly 16 years and still single.
I should never have married. I like my work, I ike to ski, climb, and go boating. Have dates sometimes but no real desire to 'settle down' again.
I like my life.
But, the family is important for society. Children are the future.
2007-04-08 11:33:18 · answer #9 · answered by philip_jones2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think my wife forced me into marriage and I didnt want to because I wasnt sure what I was looking for. Being a single maybe viewed negatively but its smarter than to commit under pressure.
2007-04-08 11:38:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋