To think being single should be celebrated more than getting married?

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Marriage gets all the glory, but choosing to focus on yourself or remain single is just as valid, if not braver.

People getting married throw themselves parties to celebrate. Nothing is stopping single people to throw similar parties and celebrate?

throw a party then…

I'm gonna get some comments but I think that single mums should be celebrated - not pitied and looked down on but genuinely celebrated

As should single women who achieve things

Edit - like at valentines day, single people should be celebrated

And you could throw a 'I'm not having a baby' party a la Samantha Jones, or an I'm not getting married party - could be fun

This.

Nothing wrong with being single, and many people prefer it. But I'm not sure how I feel about people celebrating "choosing to focus on themselves". Most people choose to focus on themselves, let's be honest.

Celebrate independence, for sure, and people achieving things by themselves.

For me, accepting someone into my life was braver than remaining single

Celebrated in what way? It’s nice to have a celebratory meal or something if you’ve achieved something but it’s not something I’d expect for being a mum. Unless it’s something nice from my kids on Mother’s Day

Getting married is an event.
Not getting married is a non event.

Yes! My lovely neighbour of nearly 70 asked me last week if we could each get each other a valentine's day card. I think I'll add a little bunch of flowers too, bless her.

The people celebrating their milestones tend to be the ones throwing the party, even if officially someone else stands in as host. People can throw a party to celebrate a promotion or mastering a new skill just as easily, they just have to decide to spend the time and money.

I think I'd love a single mother celebration campaign run by one of those companies trying to sell bath products, like dove

It would say 'a single parent family isn't a broken family'

To what purpose? What would it add to your life?

I'm buying one for dd and cooking her fave meal🥰 (sausages 🤭)

Enjoy, I think that's lovely! and how valentines should be celebrated x

How often should single people throw a party?

Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly?

Fucking hell, it'd be cheaper to get married 🤣🤣

TBH, I don’t really care about either choice, but when single people throw a lavish day-long affair where I can turn up and get free booze and food, enjoy company with friends and have a disco at the end, I’ll celebrate their singleness. Until then I enjoy every moment of a wedding.

What about if the reason you're single is simply because noone wants to marry you?

I'm just sick of being judged for being a single mum tbh 🙃

Plus, I'm a firm believer in celebration - I'd love an international single parents day, recognising the strength of different family types

The only “glory” is a wedding, which they are paying to host. If you want one, throw yourself a big party.

I’ve been to some excellent divorce parties.

Can't you just relax with an over priced bath bomb and keep repeating that to yourself?

Not sure we need an actual campaign for it? 😳

Whoever judges you won’t be swayed by a campaign from a company making bath products 🤷🏻‍♀️
Besides, companies run ad campaigns to increase sales.
Why would a campaign centring single mothers increase sales for any company?

Here 😀

www.gingerbread.org.uk/our-work/news-and-views/21st-march-is-single-parents-day-its-time-to-celebrate/#:~:text=Single%20parent%20and%20Gingerbread%20Chief,who%20are%20doing%20it%20alone.

That's why I'm single lol but I am fine with that.

Yes, this was my niggle too. Getting married is a line in the sand - one day you're not married and the next you are. When would the single party be?

Why do we need people to celebrate our life choices?
I'm single, I don't need a West End musical about my life and how brave I am as a singleton to be happy.

You want to be celebrated for doing nothing? And I don’t mean that to sound as harsh but people celebrate a wedding, a child being born, a birthday, a christening. These are all things. Events.

Being single is just being single. You’ve not done anything to be single apart from just be single. You’ve not made a commitment, lived another year, promised yourself to god, been just born.

I mean if you want a party throw one but it’s not other people’s jobs to throw it for you. All the other events celebrated are mostly paid for by the person/couple.

Throw a I got a promotion party, quit that job I hate party or whatever.