Relationship experts reveal why women stay single

Even if they like it, they won’t wear a ring on it.

Experts say there are reasons for so many single ladies these days.

“There’s a simple and profound shift in the dating space: women realize that protecting their own peace is top priority,” Danielle Szetela, a dating and relationship expert, told the Daily Mail.

“They are afraid of losing their relationships and demanding that they shrink, settle or self-extinction,” she added. She noted that women now “choose peace over chaos, purpose over stress and emotional security rather than surface level connections”.

Szetela continued, women are reluctant to wait for a relationship that “will not serve them”, but rather wait.

“They are not waiting for love to complete them – they are protecting the integrity they are working on,” she said. “Because for women today, being single is not a failure – it is a form of self-love.”

Brittney Labonte, a home health plan manager at the Mountainside Therapy Center, told the publication that there is a huge difference between “single” and “lost”

She retorted: “In fact, single life can enhance, enrich and downright joy.”

Research published last year found that women prefer singleness than men because women are more likely to have strong platonic friendships. According to the researchers, men “have more benefits than single women.”

“If you’re single, don’t let anyone make you feel like you’ve missed it,” Labonte said.

“When you have the best self, the best relationship comes – it takes time, introspection and a lot of self-love. Be patient and remember, there is nothing urgent.”

She explained that more women would rather “chasing their own dreams of freedom” (such as travel, career, hobbies and passion projects) than be bound.

“Women are creating a life of rich experience and accomplishment without being bound by the pressure of ‘setting it down’,” Labonte said, noting that the only purpose of women in their lives does not require finding love.

“It’s about being a whole, a whole person, and then joining the others.”

This also doesn’t mean women aren’t dating – in fact, they might even be “dating multiple people” and “exploring different connections and experiences”.

“For others, the local ‘sea fish’ hasn’t cut it, so they choose to invest their time and energy elsewhere, just like themselves,” Labonte said.