Some people who remained single are just traumatized, and that they're aware of it, and they want to work on themselves. Due to all sorts of hardship out there, they don't want any further dramas... Almost to the point of avoiding social life... Not to say that they're anti-social, they just want peace and quietness...

Some people are not loyal to one person, and they know that, and because of this, they chose to remain solo fooling around...

Some people who remained single are those that couldn't get over their girlfriend / wife, etc... Whatever has happened in the past, they could not get over it yet...

There are some who are just lost... And not wanting additional responsibilities, they chose to remain by their own to find themselves...

There are also some who are also way too logical----men, chiefly speaking----and women would find it hard to relate it and would remain incompatible...

There are also some who are looking for certain characteristics / matching with another, and would choose to remain by themselves if it weren't the case...

Then there are some who would forsake relationships and a family unit at the price of achieving their dream... Nothing else matters... and nothing would get in their way... Focus is the only point of concern and mind that they have... Nerd at his/her best, and would leave no stone unturned... These are the kind of people who are real with themselves, and would see through it all ---- successful or not ----- to achieve their dream... Anything less could be considered a form of suicide...

Edit: Then again, some people who are plainly just characteristically problematic - whether having emotional outburst or unfit (being obese, morbidly underweight, or plain ugly), others would leave them and that they find themselves being single.

Edit: Some people also have too high an expectation, that they chose to be single so they can marry off someone with a circle of influence and/or wealth. Many of these people and scenarios of all kinds do exist - whether you like it or not...

Edit Reason: Typo + adding information.

This post has been edited by Hastebreak: Mar 22 2025, 04:34 PM