(L-R) Kat Curtin, Kelsey Grist and Sofie Champassak are just some of the growing number of women who are shunning tradition and embracing solo life, whether that’s becoming a parent, seeing the world ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." OLD MAID. SPINSTER. CHILDLESS CAT LADY. For literally centuries now, everyone from gossipmongers to vice ...

A man's funny, and painfully accurate, TikTok breakdown of the challenges faced when dating highly independent women has gone viral. In the video, which has received more than 7.8 million views and ...

Like a gazillion other little Baby Boomer girls, I grew up singing about how “k-i-s-s-i-n-g” in trees led to love and marriage. I played “wedding” with my Barbies and daydreamed about a future groom ...

Say goodbye to sullen spinster stereotypes: single women are having all the fun, according to new research – or at least, more than single men. Researchers looked at data from 10 studies carried out ...

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If you get a holiday card in the mail, chances are it's from a family — or a couple. But increasingly, single women have taken up the beloved tradition, crafting creative designs that celebrate their ...

Recent reports and surveys are showing that for a growing number of women who are not married prefer to stay single over getting married. So do you want to get married? I mean (laughter), I'm not ...

Before 1974, women couldn’t secure a mortgage without a male co-signer. Single women accounted for 20% of all homebuyers nationally in 2024; single men accounted for 11%. Bria Myers, 27, described her ...

From going "boy sober" to "decentering men," discourse about young women rejecting the traditional path of marriage and motherhood has swept social media. As birth and marriage rates decline, more and ...