“I hate feeling as though my romantic life is seen as trivial”: what it feels like when you’re always the single friend

What it's really like to be the single friend

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“I hate feeling as though my romantic life is seen as trivial”: what it feels like when you’re always the single friend

By Shahed Ezaydi

9 months ago

11 min read

As your twenties end, it’s not unusual for friends to begin coupling off into serious relationships – buying houses, going on couples holidays and getting engaged. If you’re one of the few single friends in your group, this can feel isolating and destabilising to say the least. And so, while there are many perks to being single, there are also some things that writer Shahed Ezaydi would love her friends in relationships to consider. 


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