單身也快樂,單身生活的無限自由

If you're single, there's a good chance that at one point or another, someone you know has wanted to set you up.

如果你單身，某一兩點上有很大可能你認識的某個人想設計你。

And if you're happily single, your friends and families' well-meaning wishes to see you paired up can get old pretty quickly. Why can't they see there's just as much value in being single as there is in being in a relationship?

如果你單身很快樂，你的朋友和家人希望看到你配對的善意可以讓人老得更快。他們爲什麼不能看到單身和戀愛一樣有價值呢？

It's an issue that many divorcés have had to deal with, including HuffPost blogger Jennifer Ball. On Wednesday, the writer and divorced mom addressed the experience of having to field questions about why she's still not dating anyone -- and why she actually relishes the time she has to herself.

這是很多離婚中不得不處理的一個問題，包括《赫芬頓郵報》博主詹妮弗鮑爾。週三，這位作家以及離婚媽媽陳訴了不得不圓滿回答爲什麼她還沒有約會任何人的體驗，以及爲什麼她其實渴望擁有自己的時間。

"There is something very freeing in being single," she wrote. "I have perfected the art of being alone, but not being lonely. I feel as though this is one of the weird little parting gifts of divorce, one that took me a long time to discover and even longer to appreciate. The gift of learning how to be by yourself."

“單身有一些非常自由的東西，”她寫道。“我已經完善了孤獨的藝術，但不孤單。我覺得這是離婚的一個奇怪的小離別禮物，我花了很長時間才發現，甚至更長時間來領會。學習怎樣獨處的禮物。”

Knowing she couldn't be the only one to find single life liberating, we decided to ask our readers on Facebook and Twitter what they appreciated about being relationship-free.

知道她不能是唯一一個發現單身生活是一種解放的人，我們決定向我們在Facebook和Twitter上的讀者詢問他們喜歡自由生活的哪些東西。

"Being able to do what I want when I want without feeling guilty."
– Kelly S.
“能夠做我想做的事情，不用感到內疚。”
– Kelly S.
"Peace of mind and silence. I love being single!!!"
– Wanda I.
“心靈的安寧和平靜。我愛單身! ! !”
– Wanda I.
"Supporting ONLY myself and now living my dreams!!!"
– Terri M.
“只用養我自己，現在正實現我的夢想! ! !”
– Terri M.
"Peace. Sweet peace."
– Gloria Maria V.
“平和。甜蜜的平和。”
– Gloria Maria V.
"You don't have to call anyone baby, darling, sweetheart, babe, etc. -- all those silly-ass names that make me puke!"
– Suzel V.
“你不需要再稱呼任何人寶貝、親愛的、甜心、寶貝等等——所有這些愚蠢的名字都讓我想吐!”
——Suzel V。
"Breathing again."
– Luzzy M.
“重獲呼吸。”
——Luzzy M。