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Are you worried that you’re going to die alone? Well, those fears might not be too out of pocket with research circulating last week that says that one in 4 adults will stay single for their whole adult lives. Yep, you read that correctly.
The analysis of the US population found that 38% of adults aged 25 to 54 were unpartnered (that is, neither married nor living with a partner) and that women over the age of 65 more likely to be unpartnered at 49%. A person may "appear" to be single for the rest of their life on a survey for a variety of reasons, although this may not always be the case in real life. Some people might have been in long term relationships. They may be divorced. They may have broken up. They or their spouses, may have died. Now that doesn’t mean that they will be single for the rest of their lives, it just means it's not something they're looking into diving in so soon if at all!
Many people aren’t wanting to get married, but that doesn’t mean that they are single. It might just mean that their values don’t align with getting married, but they may be in long-term relationships and partnerships.
This sudden decline in relationships didnt come out of nowhere. There have been big changes in how people are approaching dating and long-term relationships that might be causing a rise in singlehood. There have actually been growing movements of celibacy and people around the world doing the ‘boy sober’ or ‘girl sober’ thing. People around the world are vowing against dating men as a revolution or a protest against systems of oppression.
Additionally, women are also able to achieve independent financial stability, which may contribute to higher figures of singlehood.