How To Cope With Being The Only Single Person In Your Group

Being single can be an enriching experience in itself but a person feels like being in a lonely spot while hanging out with a bunch of lovey-dovey couples. Technically, a single person connects better with another singleton, swapping stories about casual dates, bad sex, or booty calls gone wrong but such people grow increasingly uninterested in the events abuzz with stories about couple trips and engagement rings.

Face the fact, although you are always up for meeting old pals, you equally hate getting judgmental stares for choosing your freedom for a little too long. It's a whole other battle to be the only single friend in a group and we all have been there.

It feels worse to feel incredibly lonely in a group, especially when your friends don't relate themselves to the struggles of being ghosted, dealing with creeps online, or staying home on weekend nights when everyone is out.

The good thing is, there are smart tricks that can help you deal with being the only single person in your group. Take a look:

It's okay to feel lonely:

Just because the monogamy-driven world perceives singlehood as a failure, you don't have to too. Take your own sweet time to speak when others are busy talking. Don't think you'll come off as jealous and bitter if you don't have a story to share, a group needs listeners too!

Learn new skills:

Dating is synonymous with babysitting another adult and it's okay to loathe that. When your friends are busy with their partners, use the opportunity to learn new life skills, hit a ballet event, take new classes, and play wingman for your friends as and when they need.

Date a lot:

Casual dating is highly underrated. People avoid dating someone new every few months because they fear the emotional trauma but mingling with a like-minded person helps broaden your outlook, as well as allows you to get new experiences.

Make more single friends:

Making friends as an adult is hard. However, opening up to strangers seems more comforting because they are least likely to judge us.

Spend your money as you want:

The best part of being single is that you don't need a discussion or someone's permission to splurge your money on something you like. When you are single, people expect you to be less responsible so be it. Put your money where you want to and buy things that give you joy, something that couples can't dare imagine.