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title: ""A just-released report from the Pew Research Center sends a dagger…"
date: 2020-08-23
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# "A just-released report from the Pew Research Center sends a dagger…

*August 23, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/living-single/202008/half-singles-don-t-want-relationship-or-even-date](https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/living-single/202008/half-singles-don-t-want-relationship-or-even-date){target="_blank"}
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\"A just-released report from the Pew Research Center sends a dagger straight through the heart of a popular mythology---the one that insists that what single people want, more than anything else, is to become coupled. So untrue. The findings, based on a national, random sampling of nearly 5,000 adults in the U.S., showed that 50 percent of single people are not interested in a committed romantic relationship and they are not even interested in a date.\
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Another 10 percent want nothing more than casual dates. About a quarter of single people, 26 percent, would be interested in casual dates or a committed romantic relationship. Just 14 percent are looking only for a serious romantic relationship.\"\
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[https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/living-single/202008/half-singles-don-t-want-relationship-or-even-date](https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/living-single/202008/half-singles-don-t-want-relationship-or-even-date){target="_blank"}
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