{"id":13903,"date":"2016-12-15T20:10:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T04:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datemixstaging.wpengine.com\/?p=13903"},"modified":"2021-05-31T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T20:41:30","slug":"single-and-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/date-mix\/dating-advice\/dating-in-your-30s\/single-and-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Being Single and 30 Is Kind of the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now that more people are getting married later in life, there are more people who are 30 and single than ever. But with Facebook constantly shoving happy families in our faces and society doing the whole There\u2019s something wrong with you; you\u2019re going to die alone\u2026<\/em> thing, this can cause some thirty-somethings to panic, but if you think about it, you\u2019re actually ahead of the game in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being 30 and single is totally awesome, and not just because there\u2019s no one to judge you when you eat cheese for dinner. Here are some really solid reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. You know who you are.<\/strong>
\nYour teen years are spent trying to be like everyone else, your twenties are for trying to figure out what makes you stand apart, and in your thirties, you\u2019ve finally settled into your own skin, and this makes finding someone else to spend your life with way easier. Your past relationships have helped you figure out exactly what you value and exactly what you want in another person. Add that to the fact that you\u2019ve also figured out all the things you have to offer to someone else, and it makes for a pretty solid package. Many in their thirties ditch that fiendish need to impress everyone and adopt a Take-It-Or-Leave-It mentality. (If you haven\u2019t done this yet, give it a whirl. It\u2019s great.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. You ain\u2019t broke.<\/strong>
\nIn college, the social scene was a lot of dollar pizza slices, Tuesday afternoon matinees, and the perpetual anxiety that you\u2019re going to overdraw you account while you\u2019re out at a bar with someone you\u2019re trying to impress. Then you moved to your mid-twenties, which were a lot of ill-advised trips to Vegas that required a constant upping of your blood alcohol level to battle the perpetual anxiety that you\u2019re going to, once again, overdraw your account while you\u2019re out at a bar with someone you\u2019re trying to impress. At some point in your thirties, you figured out how to save a little money, AND pay your bills on time, AND manage a credit line so you can worry about other things when you\u2019re out at a bar with someone you\u2019re trying to impress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. There are more divorcees to choose from.<\/strong>
\nOkay, yes, that may sound weird, but stick with me. People who have been through a divorce are some of the most emotionally evolved people on the dating scene. They know what works in a relationship and what doesn\u2019t, and not only that, they\u2019ve faced some consequences that reinforce those learnings. You can\u2019t go through something like a divorce, no matter how smooth and amicable, without gaining some emotional maturity. Divorced people tend to know exactly what does and doesn\u2019t work for them and their lifestyle, and more often than not, they aren\u2019t going to waste their time messing around if they\u2019re interested. Less game playing, more keeping it real. It\u2019s dating pool gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Your parents are panicking.<\/strong>
\nAgain, this one may sound strange and not much like a benefit, but it is. Your parents want the best for you, and just like your own ideas of what\u2019s best for you have probably changed since you were in your twenties, likely theirs have too. For example, if your idea of \u201cThe One\u201d was ever unaligned with your parents\u2019, bringing someone home could be a major stressor at best, and a total disaster at worst. Once you\u2019re in your thirties, they get WAY less picky, and their \u201cFind someone, settle down, give me grandkids\u2026\u201d task list starts to morph into \u201cJust make yourself happy.\u201d They start to trust your instincts a little more (and so do you), and when you do bring someone home to meet them, they\u2019re more inclined to be open-minded. Take their panic that you\u2019ll never settle down and live a happy domestic life, and enjoy the elasticity it gives you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. The freedom factor.<\/strong>
\nAll those smiling baby photos and testimonies about how your friends\u2019 chubby, snuggly lil\u2019 guys have enriched their lives in ways they couldn\u2019t have imagined come at a price, and that price is Sunday brunch mimosa bars. Southwest weekender deals to L.A. Eighteen hours of uninterrupted Netflix marathons. Never sharing your popcorn. Long showers. Spending all your money on your dog. A clean house. Staying out till 3 AM, and still getting 8 hours of sleep. Never stepping on Legos. Dinner at restaurants that aren\u2019t Applebees sometimes. I could go on, but need I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savor your lifestyle. Savor your singlehood. Marriage, kids, and domestic bliss are totally amazing, but so is the opportunity to live the way you want, when you want it. And doing it in your thirties comes with an added bonus of being a little smarter, a little wiser, and a little more financially responsible, and all of these plusses mean a single life that\u2019s more enriching than ever! So turn up Beyonce\u2019s sacred anthem, dance around in your underwear, and eat that cheese for dinner. You\u2019re the king of your world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southwest weekender deals. Eighteen hours of Netflix marathons. Never sharing your popcorn. It’s not a bad life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":13904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dating-in-your-30s"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Being Single and 30 is Kind of the Best<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Being 30 and single is totally awesome, and not just because there\u2019s no one to judge you when you eat cheese for dinner. 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