Are women better off single? Statistically, yes.
On Valentine’s Day, my mind always goes to the women in unhappy marriages and toxic relationships who don’t know how incredible it feels on the outside. “Your husband’s a basketball fan?” she asked, looking down at the giant box of Valentine’s candy dotted with hoops and balls.
Was I upset about having no beau on the big day? Did I run straight to the tissue aisle? Or lose it when settled snugly in my car? Hell no. In fact, my mind went to the poor women in unhappyDon’t get me wrong, as a divorce coach with clients across the United States, my heart breaks for them. I coach these trapped women. Often fear—especially of ending up homeless—prevents them from asking for the Valentine’s Day gift they really want: a divorce.
“I love having the whole house to myself! I love having all the closets in the house to myself! I love opening up a bag of lettuce for dinner!” divorcee Lisa Stiehl told me. She admitted on some days she does miss companionship—“but then I smack myself in the head wondering if I would want him here forever?”
The stats show we’re not alone. The percentage of American adults who are married has dropped over the last few decades from 58 percent in 1995 to 53 percent today, according to aThe question many of us ask ourselves is: Why the hell did it take us so long to get here? The single life actually extends women’s lifespan—according to Dr. Howard S. Friedman, psychology professor at the University of California in. That includes women who left marriages to become single. Men, however, live longer if hitched.
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