Single in Your 30s: Honest writing about being single: friends, fatigue, breakups, and wanting someone without settling.

By the numbers

• 47%

  of adults under 50 without children say they are unlikely to ever have them, up from 37% in 2018.

  Pew Research Center, 2024. U.S. adults, 2023 survey.

• Half

  of single U.S. adults are not looking for a relationship or dates right now.

  Pew Research Center, 2020. U.S. adults, 2019 survey.

• 1 in 3

  unmarried adults ages 22 to 35 are actively dating.

  Wheatley Institute and Institute for Family Studies, 2026. 5,275 unmarried U.S. adults ages 22 to 35.

• 86%

  of unmarried adults ages 22 to 35 expect to marry someday.

  Wheatley Institute and Institute for Family Studies, 2026. 5,275 unmarried U.S. adults ages 22 to 35.