Single for life? These four signs point to this

“There’s a lid for every pot” – that’s not entirely true, because researchers have found that people with certain characteristics are more likely to stay single long-term.

If you want to find a partner as a single person and go on one date after the other, but somehow it doesn’t really work out with a committed relationship, then it could be due to your own personality. Psychologist Mark Travers reports on “Psychology Today” which characteristics make a person long-term single without them perhaps realizing it.

Having children is not a priority in life
Most people want to start their own family at some point in their lives. If you don’t feel the desire to have children, the search for a suitable partner automatically becomes more difficult. However, there are also couples who decide together not to have children. According to studies, people without children are said to experience higher levels of “happiness in the moment,” while parents experience more thoughtful happiness or an increased sense of life fulfillment. Research also shows that having a job than being in a relationship or being married is more important for life satisfaction.

Career-driven
If you are very focused on your career and value your job above all else, this is a clear sign that you are more of a single person. Relationships cost time, money and sometimes nerves that many career-oriented people are unwilling to give. Above all, potential partners don’t always want to come second.

The rebels
If you hate how society imposes norms and values ​​like starting a family, monogamy, and marriage, and generally don’t like being forced into patterns, this could be a clear sign that you’re happier being single.

The incapable of commitment
Anyone who generally notices that they have a problem with strong relationships, is carrying childhood traumas behind them or other things that become noticeable again and again when a connection becomes more concrete should get help. This pattern of avoiding commitment will probably not disappear overnight and ensures, sometimes consciously, sometimes unconsciously, that you end up single again and again.

So it’s important that when you make one of the most important decisions in your life, such as starting a family, you know what type of person you actually are. According to the psychologist, however, around half of all adults today have real problems with being in a long-term relationship and voluntarily prefer to remain single.