It just struck me, you do not choose to be single, you are born single. You choose to bond with someone. It is always a choice, and many are not that good at choosing and get involved too quickly or find it hard to even start.
I would still be single if I had not met my wife and fallen in love. But that was me.
My mother is a stubborn woman, and after my father died did not let anyone get close enough to form such a bond. It was a miracle my dad got her to marry him in the first place. So I know being single is maybe a privilege, but it is also helpful to have friendship and intimacy. What worries me is how many, married and single, still seem not to have found this.