Here’s me talking about spinsters, old maids, and how our ideas about being single have changed on this Quirkyalone Day 2013 on a wonderful hourlong NPR show out of Illinois. This was a great conversation with lots of smart callers…
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Quirkytogether Cards for Quirkyalone Day!
These cards are for the quirkyalones who are also quirkytogether in your life. They are a celebration of romantic love and individuality and they are absolutely delightful. They come to us from the talented Olivia Lane and are posted on…
How to Fall in Love with Yourself While You Look for Love
Dating is difficult. Inevitably, we get rejected. Or we reject. We want to keep our hearts open but they keep getting smushed. What does it take to fall—and stay—in love with yourself while you look for love? I’m doing a…
A deep conversation about life (and coupling vs. “the tribe”) with Frank Moore
There is no complaining in Frank Moore’s world. We are all responsible for creating our own consciousness. That is what makes this rebel “cripple” performance artist, creator, and radical who has had cerebral palsy since birth so compelling—and why I…
Posted in Personal Growth, Quirkytogether
Dear Quirkyalone: Send Us Your Questions and Concerns, Compliments and Complaints!
Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving is a weekly guest column by Lisa and Christina at the singles’ advocacy blog Onely. Our column appears here every Monday — but we’re running low on questions! So, dear readers: Do you have dilemmas, conundrums,…
Tagged with: advice about living single, dear quirkyalone, national singles' week, single and happy
Posted in Personal Growth, Quirkytogether, Single Life
Posted in Personal Growth, Quirkytogether, Single Life
Radically Honest Online Dating
Welcome to the online candy store of love, our dystopic world of disposable dating. Internet dating can become an exercise in ego stroking and gratification, getting emails and winks about how pretty and wonderful you are. It can be a…
Zeitgeist | Defending Marriage . . . and Singledom
So . . . is it better to be married or single? It’s a ridiculous question, of course.
The name of the game is happiness. Fulfillment. Living an abundant life. For some people that means marriage, for others it means independence. A lucky few manage to create committed relationships that don’t require sacrificing essential parts of themselves, or (even better) that actively support the things they value most in themselves.
Tagged with: Aaron Traister, divorce, marriage, Relationships, Salon.com, Sandra Tsing Loh, singledom, singletons, The Atlantic
Posted in Books + Movies, Quirkytogether, Relationships, Single Life
Posted in Books + Movies, Quirkytogether, Relationships, Single Life
The Truth About Me and Quirkyalone
Transparency is a major buzzword in Internet circles these days. It’s about sharing who you are through YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, enough to make you seem more real and a little vulnerable. Transparency is said to bring us closer together.…
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A quirkyalone is a person who prefers being single to dating for the sake of dating.
It’s a mindset. Here's the manifesto
A quirkyalone is a person who prefers being single to dating for the sake of dating.
It’s a mindset. Here's the manifesto