Understanding Chronic Singleness
A TikTok creator, Emma (@mainelyemma), has gone viral after sharing her emotional experience of being "chronically single" in a world designed for couples.
"I am no one's person… I am no one's first choice. There is no one on this planet that exists, that is that for me, or that I am that for them."
Emma highlights that being chronically single is not just about lacking a partner, but about having no one consistently present in the small, everyday ways that couples often take for granted.
She expresses how couples may struggle to understand the disorienting, terrifying, and exhausting experience of navigating life alone in a society tailored for couples.
Although single individuals may have the support of friends, family, and communities, they often bear the weight of responsibility alone, with "no days off."
Author's summary: Emma shares her experience of chronic singleness.
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