Singles happy being single

A female customer eats at a Japanese ramen restaurant for solo diners in Sinchon in this file photo. / Korea Times file

Life for singles apparently is not as depressing as it may seem.

A survey by matchmaking firm Duo of 413 single men and women in their 20s and 30s, found that they gave an average score of 7.6 out of 10 when asked their satisfaction with being single.

Both men and women cited being able to invest in oneself as the greatest perk of being single (38 percent). Men also found being able to save money (24.9 percent) and maintain friendships (16.8 percent) as advantages. Women, on the other hand, were happy to be able to date freely (34.3 percent) and spare themselves emotional exhaustion (14.4 percent).

However, they cited the downsides of being single, including physical/mental loneliness (29.3 percent). Other people’s “concerns” for them (26.6 percent) and prejudice against singles (18.2 percent) followed.

The remark they hate most is “Do you have some kind of problem?” (31 percent). That was followed by “Don’t act like you’re OK (with being single)” (20.6 percent), “You must have nothing to do on the weekends” (18.9 percent) and, “You’re nearing becoming a good-for-nothing (bachelor/bachelorette)” (14.5 percent).

“The satisfaction level for single life is rising as businesses cater to the needs of single-person households, but it won’t equate to the happiness and love of being in a relationship,” a Duo official said, not surprisingly.