Singles usually fall into three basic categories: There are those who desire and choose singleness, those who are content with either singleness or marriage if they met the right person. And those who have a strong desire to be married whether single as never married, divorced or widowed.
This article is aimed primarily at those in the latter group.
Suffering
Although singleness is not commonly thought of as suffering, if one applies the definition of ‘pain, misery, or loss (of what was hoped for)’ and ‘the state or an instance of enduring pain’ to those who strongly desire marriage but do not have it, they are facing suffering that affects them emotionally, spiritually and also physically. The first step to coping is to recognise that suffering. Undesired singleness has to be faced as with any other suffering.
