The Unexpected Joy of Being Single

2004 study found that 82 per cent of women aged 35 to 39 conceive within a year of

The ability to stand alone, to provide for myself, appeared to be part of the antidote to my man-vacancy panic.

If in doubt, do nothing. My snap romantic decisions are like rubbishy instant

‘Lust is just not enough for what most people want, which is a long-term, stable, happy relationship,’ said the author of Making Love: How People Learn to Love and How You Can Too.

wonder how many men think they’re frightened of commitment, simply because they’ve been told over and over that they’re going to hate

Don’t play it safe, in your imaginings. Write a list of things you long for, that don’t include any kind of romantic entanglement, and then go after them with all of the caution and trepidation of a comet.

seek out men who are a

‘Oh, the dream. The goddammed man + baby dream. Written by the High Commission on Heterosexual Love and Sexual Reproduction and practised by couples across the land, the dream’s a bitch if you’re a maternally inclined straight female and not living it by the age of thirty-seven.’ – CHERYL STRAYED, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS

‘Cat Person’ by Kristen Roupenian, a short