Note to the reader: This article is unusually long given the complexity of the topic. I’ve made every effort to balance conciseness and thoroughness. Although longer than the articles that you are accustomed to reading, I appreciate the reader’s patience and time investment in wrestling with this important issue.

Introduction

“The gift of singleness.” The mere mention of it quickly leads to quips from single twenty (or thirty)-somethings of it being “the gift that nobody wants.”… Read more