This explains why singlehood proliferates in places where such networks can crystallise, he says: in many urban centres and in Scandinavia, where strong social safety nets free people to pursue their own goals.
Last year, HBO's "Girls" — which returns to TV tonight, for its second season — pulled the curtain back on the awkward, fumbling early years of singlehood.
I don't know exactly where Mindy is going with this — into reconciliation or singlehood or something else — but there's plenty to admire in the show's willingness to cross the wires, to resist giving the audience what it craves.
But Putin's cultivation of a virile image, combined with his de facto singlehood, soon generated rumors that he was involved with a younger woman — a former rhythmic gymnastics champion turned lawmaker.
There is a difference in the singlehood of Mr. Gandhi and that of Mr. Modi.
For the 40-something virgin whose father has just died, shrouding herself in singlehood has almost become a comfort, like a big puffy coat.
Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal and one of the many nightmares of the Congress party, has also often conveyed that her singlehood is a sacrifice for her people.
I had spent my 20s wracked by adolescent anxiety and felt paralyzed by the length of my singlehood.
