The lifestyle of single people can be environmentally friendly.

National Singles Day takes place on the Saturday of Singles week in September. Sun welcomes nearly half of the US population who, either by choice or circumstance, remain single.

The Buckeye Singles Council of Columbus, Ohio began celebrating National Singles Day in the 1980s. The date has been moved to 2017 to coincide with National People of Disparities Week in September.

• 1558 – Elizabeth struggles to find a husband but insists on remaining celibate in order to maintain her power during her 45-year reign.
• 1563 – In response to pressure from the monarchs of England to choose a partner, Queen Elizabeth I replied: “If I could tell you what I should choose… it is this: a beggar-woman and a bachelor, rather and the queen and the married one!”
• 1795 – Magdalena Willman rejected his proposal, later telling her niece that Beethoven was “very bad and crazy.”
• 1919 – Where unmarried women had no voice (because they didn’t have a man to represent them), they finally got the right to vote in the US with the 19th amendment.
• 1980s – The Buckeye Singles Council of Ohio begins the National Singles Week celebration.
• 1990s – Some university students in Nanjing realize that November 11 or 11/11 is the right time to celebrate other people, creating their Single People’s Day.
• 1992 – The movie “Singles” with Kyra Sedgwick, Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda, this Cameron Crowe movie features a group of twentysomethings looking for love and success.
• 2014 – “1989,” the best-selling album of 2014, is simultaneously Swift’s breakup with country music and a lament for her one-month relationship with Harry Styles, telling him about the truest and most authentic way of three songs on the album.
• 2018 – “Boys need attention,” he says. “I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my job – but I won’t give it to a man now.”
• Studies have shown that single people tend to be healthier and more physically fit than those in a relationship, which is one of the benefits of being single.
• Single people can have intimate relationships. Single people tend to help elderly parents and other family members in need.
• Singles often have strong relationships with friends, and their friendships last a long time.
• Single people can sleep better at night. Some studies have shown that sleeping with a partner can lead to less sleep than sleeping alone.
• Single people may have less credit card debt. According to one study, couples and people with children are more likely to have unexpected debts.
• A single lifestyle can save the environment. Single citizens of all ages are likely to be socially oriented and may focus on living a more sustainable lifestyle.
• As of 2023, there were more than 127 million single adults age 18 and older living in the United States. Of this number, 53% are women and 47% are men.
• More than 56% of those single people say they don’t necessarily want to date or find a partner. This is higher than a few years ago, especially among men.
• Studies show that nearly 50 percent of American adults are no longer single.
• In most US states, single women are more likely to own homes than single men.
• Some experts have indicated that 25% of the “millennial” generation will never marry.
• Some cruise lines still offer cruises geared toward singles and solo travelers of any age.
• Although the social stigma has said that couples are happier, recent studies have shown that singles tend to report higher levels of life satisfaction.
• At one time studies showed that married people (especially men) lived longer, but recent research shows that single men are living longer than ever before.
• A marriage has a 75% chance of ending in divorce if one partner smokes cigarettes.
• College students are 13% less likely to divorce.
• Single people tend to have fewer financial problems.

Sources:

Country Today

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