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.

I really want to ban the use of the word 'valid' - its so overused....

Getting married is a change in your situation. Staying single is, well, staying the same. Nothing at all stopping you throwing a party to celebrate the fact if you want - I'm always up for a nice meal, drinks and some dancing.

You could have a left the waste of space dh/dp party.

I have cards for my kids already too. <3 <3

Enjoy your lovely day with your daughter x

😩😄 no!

Snap!!!!

There's loads of us - and single dads (who are the resident parent, not those men who see their kids once a month but use the title)

Omg yes! No-one seems to know about it though, a viral ad campaign would raise awareness

Like for international women's day

Thank you and you 🥰

People celebrate an occasion/event. No one actually gives a crap about your marriage. If you didn't throw a party when getting married, there would be no celebration.

I’m not sure many people think being single is something to be celebrated.

That would be a stupid slogan.

And?

I think it is interesting what things we celebrate in society and what things we don't....you may have a point here op.

I've been single 8 years not sure why that needs celebrating tbh 🤔

This is a bit like child free people wanting something back threads that pop up. But when would you award them with something for being Childfree? 50?60?70?

How many years single to make it a big thing? Though nuns and monks are celibate aren’t they? You could always join them for recognition.

Why???

Just that really

Getting married is an event. Being single is a state of being which at any point in your life may or may not continue. When would you celebrate it? You might have a big 'Yay I'm staying single' party at age 30, then meet someone and get married 2 years later!

I would throw a special single party with a big meal and dancing and jet off on a solo long haul holiday afterwards but I can't afford to due to paying the mortgage and bills all by myself.

Single parent families are not statiscally good for children's outcomes.

Doesn't mean you personally are are not a great parent doing a great job in less than ideal circumstances but we have days to celebrate that: mothers and fathers day.

We can celebrate individuals without as a society having a 'campaign' to celebrate for something which on the whole isn't a great thing.

Also we celebrate marriage because it's a public commitment to an institution which is the basis for family and society. Or was supposed to be.

Celebrating a continued lack of commitment to others sounds pointless, and not a value I'd want a healthy society to promote.

I mean do what you want and if you have people who want to celebrate your single status do it but I don't want to 'celebrate' every choice everyone makes.

Just what single mums need—some patronising ad campaign to reassure us our families aren’t ‘broken'....

Prepared to be shot down but… while I have the utmost admiration for single parents, I don’t think it’s something to ‘celebrate’. It’s making the most of the situation, it’s not an ideal outcome.

So is being poor, being from certain places up and down the country, being of a various heritage, going to various schools

Saying these things to someone would mske you incredibly rude

But actually there are plenty of kids from single parent families who do well and succeed and most of all, are happy

Single parenthood is a great thing, just like being from a poor area is, or just like being from a country that isn't respected

Edited as had to see to dinner

Statistically lots of things could go wrong when raising a child. A positivity movement is needed for us single parents who have commited to our children 🥰

Single parenthood is a great thing, just like being from a poor area is, or just like being from a country that isn't respected
Eh?

Double eh.