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Single in your 50sPew Research Center, 2023
5 facts about single Americans for Valentine's Day (opens pewresearch.org)
Quick, reliable numbers on single adults, including how many in midlife are not looking to date.
Post-breakup lonelinessGreater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
What to Do When Love Breaks Your Heart (opens greatergood.berkeley.edu)
Research-backed ways to ease heartbreak, from reducing stress to leaning on social connection.
What you want nextGreater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
Four Reasons to Stay Single (opens greatergood.berkeley.edu)
Makes the evidence-based case that a single life can be full, which helps clarify what you actually want.

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