Tuesday's class on being single

I thought that Tuesday's class was one of the most interesting so far. I've been in a long term relationship since highschool and have never really thought about the way views on being single have changed. I've never thought that being single is a bad thing, but I can understand how when you're main goals were to marry for children and financial stability how everyone felt that it was bad to be single. People would see someone who was single and wonder what was "wrong" with them. Then I got to thinking about some of my friends. I only have one friend who is actually single, and she definitely does not want to be. She goes out with all these different guys and none of the relationships ever seem to last. She says that she likes the guys and spends a lot of time with them, but one after another they all tell her they don't want the "label" of boyfriend and girlfriend. Maybe this is due to the changes in views on remaining single, and so these guys that she starts to see aren't worried about looking bad for not having a girlfriend. I also thought that the chart we looked at on Tuesday was crazy!!