For the first 45 years of my life, she never said a word about my single status. My own road to embracing my single life was unencumbered by worries about disappointing my mother. To us, living single is every bit as desirable as a committed romantic partnership is to people who are drawn to coupled life. No other way of life will ever feel as profoundly satisfying.

It is our most authentic, meaningful, and fulfilling life. I call them “single at heart,” and I’m one of them. I have a new story to tell you, about people who are powerfully drawn to single life.

Gleefully reject the idea that putting a romantic partner at the center of your life is something you have to do, something that everyone wants, or that it is the normal, natural, and superior way to live.

Rise above those repressive notions that everyone wants a romantic partner and if you think you don’t, you’ll get over it, and if you don’t get over it, you need help. Unshackle yourselves from those old, regressive stories that claim that single life is sad and lonely. Lovers of single life, it’s time to set yourselves free.

Katie sweet on bonanza