I suppose we have all had the experience of feeling misunderstood. Sometimes other people just don’t get who we really are. It can be frustrating and unnerving. It is emotionally unpleasant.

There is no research on whether people who are single – particularly those who are single-at-heart – are more often misunderstood than others. Because of the myth that just about everyone wants to be coupled, it is possible that single people who love their single lives are more likely to be doubted by certain other people. You know the ones I mean – those who insist that single people who choose single life are just fooling themselves about being happy.

Recent research suggests that the implications of feeling misunderstood go beyond the emotional.

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