Singleness sucks

And not for the reasons you might think

Photo by Verena Yunita Yapi on Unsplash

Growing up, I imagined that being single was a fate worse than death. And it turns out I was right.

In December, Anne Helen Petersen’s article for Vox, “The escalating costs of being single in America” went viral. And for good reason; she highlighted an often-overlooked truth about being single and living alone— it’s expensive!