Happily Single

Welcome to Happily Single, where we celebrate living a wonderful solo life!

Latest Happily Single Posts!

Wonder & Sundry is written by a Happily Single person, and this is an overarching theme here. However, these posts and topics are specifically related to the Happily Single life.

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What is Happily Single? It’s celebrating the life we have and the richness of it, no matter what our relationship status may be. We live whole and full lives, right now, not waiting in a holding pattern for “real life” to begin. We honor our choices. We love our company. We travel the world. And we cook damn fine dinners, just for ourselves.

Explore Happily Single below!

Childfree Living

Honoring our choices to live our lives childfree

Solo Travel

The world is ours to explore as Happily Single people! Content focused on solo travel here

Happily Single Starts Here

Love Your Own Company

Childfree Living

Solo Travel and Solo Female Travel

Every Destinations post contains solo and solo female travel information, but these posts focus on it specifically.

Cooking for One

Recipes on Wonder & Sundry emphasize small-batch cooking, but these are specifically designed for cooking for one (sometimes with a leftover portion).

Happily Single Resources

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Websites

We Are Solo Living

Articles

General info

A Profile of Single Americans, Pew Research Center

The Number of Unmarried Americans Continues to Grow, Latest Census Report Shows, Unmarried.org

Childfree & Reproductive Freedom

30 Childfree People Who Face Double Standards At Work Open Up About How Unfair It Is, Bored Panda

Childfree Community Resources, My So-Called Selfish Life

What’s Missing from Alito’s Decision to Revoke the Right to Abortion, New Yorker

Whether You’re ‘Childless’ or ‘Childfree’, You Shouldn’t Have to Talk About It, Guardian

Financial Issues

The Escalating Costs of Being Single in America, Vox

The Hidden Costs of Living Alone, Atlantic

Living Alone

10 Reasons Why Living Alone Can Be Good For You, We Are Solo Living

Singlehood

‘All the Single Ladies,’ by Rebecca Traister, NYT

The Art of Being Happily Single, Tiny Buddha

The Profound Rewards of Staying Single, Psychology Today

Unmarried, Happily Ever After, NYT

What Does Marriage Ask Us to Give Up? NYT

Why Are increasing Numbers of Women Choosing to Be Single? Guardian

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