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How to maintain friendships when you're single and they're all coupled

I have been single for five years after my divorce and most of my friends are coupled and I increasingly feel like a third wheel and left out of social plans that revolve around pairs.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Relationship status can determine access to social belonging in communities organized around romantic partnership.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging and identity — who belongs here?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.