Single: Women are often happier alone than in a relationship

If you were to objectively answer the question of whether women or men are happier when single, what would most people answer? Presumably: men are happier. And that is wrong.

A study by the Mintel portal in Great Britain looked at the satisfaction of single people and came to the conclusion that 61 percent of single women are happy with their lives, whereas only 49 percent of the men surveyed could say this. There is a frightening reason for this: women put more effort and work into relationships than men. This means that being in a relationship takes a lot of work for a woman, explains Dr. Emily Grundy from the University of Essex presented the survey results.

Grundy told The Telegraph: “There is evidence that women spend more time on domestic tasks than men, and I think they also do more emotional labor – so they continually do more housework, cooking and “more things that hold the relationship together”.

The older the woman, the more she prefers to stay single

This is particularly clear for women over 45 years of age; the older a woman is, the less desire she seems to have to look for a life partner again. In complete contrast to men who would like to have a new partner at their side even in the middle and upper age of 65. Over a third of women in this age group are very happy alone, while for men it is less than a fifth.

Another reason for women’s satisfaction with being single is that the man is often not their only caregiver. Researcher Grundy says: “Women tend to be better at having alternative social networks and other confidants, while men lean heavily on their wives and have fewer other social ties.”

Or in short: She cleans more, takes care of everyday life and listens to his problems. That’s why the study came to the conclusion that around 75 percent of single women didn’t even try to find a partner in the twelve months before the survey.

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