Why are single people looked down on so much?

[IsThereAnEchoInHere]

It just doesn’t make sense to me?
Why do people care so much?
It’s one thing if they want or can’t live without a relationship, but why do they impose it to others?

Be solvent on your own terms! What is the matter with some women. Mid 40s seems to be point when the cracks show and then you get posts on here from women who are being left and do not have their own means. It's rarely the man who has the money issue.

Quite a lot of higher earning women seem to be unkeen on partners or children. Admittedly that's my take looking at it in London, but quite a lot of my contemporaries did not pursue these things and still don't as we all head towards 50.

@SparklyBlackKitten

Noone envies living a life all alone . Or having to raise two kids single-handedly without ever being able to share the load. And who truly envies having kids grow up without a dad around.

You sound nice….

As someone who kicked out an abusive husband and is raising a kid alone I can tell you categorically you’re talking out of your arse.

These sorts of attitudes (which thankfully are becoming rarer and less acceptable) are exactly what the OP is talking about.

I agree

Never ever have I looked down on anyone single and never has any one I know.
Projecting perhaps??

'I could write a thesis on all the times I've been pitied, patronised, looked down on, treated differently, etc just because I'm a single parent'

I don't think the op is talking about being a single parent though - just about being single. There is definitely a portion of society that looks down on single parenthood, and spout 'facts' that back it up. That's not really what this conversation is about.

(in case people read my post wrong, I was a single parent too. I don't consider myself one now, but that's because my children are adults. I'm still single)

So true, both posts.

I'm in my 50s, single, kids are older 17&20, I have my own place, income, savings, pension. I feel bad for a lot of married women tbh

On the recent thread asking if serial cheaters get their comeupance, most posters said yes, because they end up living alone. I'm now in a relationship but have been happily single for periods of seven years . There was an attitude that I was somehow not doing as well as those in couples.

Single person supplements. I camp. So many sites offer a space for a tent at, say, £20 for up to 2 people. That's £10 per person for a couple or £20 per person for a single person. That's nearly double.
And then there's hotels, and cruise ships.

They are really, really not.

How rude! My kids see there dad for 1 night every other weekend. I'm single as in I'm not in a relationship. I have extremely supportive family and friends. I became a single mum as I divorced my husband who thought with his dick! I know my worth and I will never be in a relationship with anyone again as I simply can't be arsed!

I'm single. Have been for a good part of my life. I've not seen evidence of 'looking down' but I do think in some instances you're treated differently eg a couple living together are more likely to invite another couple round for a meal than 1 single friend. People with children are treated a little differently as are men v women. I don't think anyone in any 9f those scenarios is treated less favourably. Its swings and roundabouts.
What sort of 'looking down upon' have you experienced/observed? Could it be that eg people simply find it unusual that you've never been in a relationship and have no intention of doing so? That's not looking down.
I've been single for quite some time btw.

I’ve chosen to be single for the last 5 years after an abusive relationship and I’ve honestly never been so happy in my entire life I’ll never seek a relationship again as I’m far too confident and comfortable on my own, if anybody looks down on me I’d honestly say it’s out of jealousy because I have a fucking great free easy going life without a man and they probs don’t have that luxury