Friends Step In: What Can Happen When You Are Single and Seriously Ill
Today on the Today show website, there is a story, “Single and seriously ill: Care circles fill in for family.” There you can read about “Lucy’s Angels,” the 49 friends…
Same-Self Marriage: Guest Poem by Tricia Hoffman
[Bella’s intro: Tricia Hoffman first got in touch with me in 2006 soon after Singled Out was published. I am happy to say that we have stayed in contact, even…
Do You Have a Social Network of Single People?
A reporter is looking for singles who are part of a strong singles community or a community where the adults are overwhelmingly unmarried, in the U.S. or Canada. If you…
My No Good, Very Bad 4th of July from the Past
Back during my East Coast days, there was a year when a colleague invited me to go to her daughter’s play on the 4th of July. I don’t like doing…
Have You Ever Renewed a Relationship with a Friend from the Past?
Like the title of this post? Readers of this blog, unlike many others, know that “relationship” is a very big word and is not limited to romantic relationships. So I’m…
SINGLISM Is Published!
“All Things Single” readers, I’m blogging to you first. My new book, Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matterse, and How to Stop It – written together with 28 other…
What Makes a Place a Good Place for Living Single?
Every so often, someone publishes one of those predictable “best places to be single” stories. They are always the same – they are not about places for people who want…
Online Guide by Topic, and Singlism Update
Two quick notes. Last year, I wrote a post for Living Single in which I gathered some links to previous posts and listed them by topic. I just added a…
Friendsight: What Friends Know that Others Don’t
I usually do not cross-post from my Living Single blog. Instead, I write different posts for Psychology Today and All Things Single, with the latter sometimes a bit more personal….