What Do You Love About Being Single?

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Journalist Nicola Slawson has been single for more than a decade, and says there’s beautiful freedom in being unattached. But, too often, single people are made to feel that there’s something wrong with them. In her new book, “Single: Living a Complete Life on Your Own Terms,” Slawson says you don’t need to wait to fall in love for your life to start. As Valentine’s Day nears, we want to hear what you like – or miss – about being single. Guests: Nicola Slawson, freelance journalist; author, "Single: Living a Complete Life on Your Own Terms"; writer, "The Single Supplement," a newsletter for single women Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.2	Coming up on forum, Nicola Slosson says there's beautiful freedom in being unattached.
1:34.8	But too often, single people are made to feel like there's something wrong with them,
1:38.2	from the way they're treated at parties to the taxes they pay.
1:41.7	In a new book called Single, Slosson shows how everyone,
1:45.4	the single and partner alike,
1:46.7	would benefit if we ended the stigma
1:48.4	against being unattached.
1:50.3	After all, being single can happen to anyone at any time.
1:54.2	And Slosson reminds us,
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